Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending November 17: Germany legislates for digital health, NHS burned by vendors, F for EMRs, faxes still a fixture, analogue switch-off, school-based telehealth, HIMSS supply chain maturity model, training for EMR satisfaction, Apple Research app live
Germany introduces Digital Supply Act to digitalise healthcare
Healthcare IT News ~ Tammy Lovell ~ 13/11/2019
Doctors will be able to prescribe digital health apps to patients, which can be reimbursed. The legislation also aims to phase out the use of paper by promoting e-prescriptions and providing doctors with higher reimbursement for sending electronic medical letters than for faxes.
