Million Insured should be able to manage from today, your health data on a new App with the Smartphone. In the digital file “Vivy”, for example, can be stored findings, laboratory values and x-ray images and with the treating physician to be divided, it says in a statement.
Mother pass in the App
14 legal and two private health insurance are around 13.5 million Insured. The offer is free of charge. The App is designed to remind you of Vaccinations and checkups.
A drug check is to display possible interactions, after having scanned the Code on the package or on the medication plan. Also Bank Transfers, U-folders, or the mother’s passport could be bundled in the App, the fitness tracker to be paired with her.
“Vivy” to create transparency for patients
“Vivy” will make the practice much easier, double examinations, and more transparency for both the doctor and patient,” said the chief Executive of the participating Fund DAK-health, Andreas Storm. The App is the first such offer in Germany for millions of people.
The “Vivy” participating insurance companies want to inform their customers as of today. The launch of the Allianz Private health insurance, Barmenia. On the part of the statutory funds of the Guild health insurance companies IKK classic, IKK Nord, IKK Südwest, as well as several company health insurance funds start except for the DAK-health.
Patient data: how safe are you in the App
The data of the users be sure. Only the user would decide on their use, said the person in charge. The insurer, the participating IT service provider Bitmarck or Vivy GmbH have no access to it. For each data transmission, there is multi-level security processes and encryption, for which only the Insured have the key. It was certified as a secure platform, and approved as a medical product.
There is a need for
To Start, the company have identified the possible need for a survey. More than two thirds (69 per cent) do not know according to the Forsa survey, what time is your next vaccination appointment. 43 percent of the recommended checkups not know.
Every fourth Respondent has experienced multiple tests, because results from other practices and clinics. A fifth of the German was x-rayed, therefore, even multiple times. Each third is between three and ten Times in the year to the specialist, 44 percent as often go to the family doctor.
The funds are pressing ahead with their Offers. The Minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU) want legally Insured at the latest as of 2021, in General, also via phone and Tablet will be able to view your patient data.
No quick shots in the case of patient data
Own offers for electronic health records had already been presented to the AOK and the “techniker Krankenkasse” (TK). TK CEO Jens Baas spoke at the launch of the “TK-Safe” in April of a “Revolution”: the data would be to reach out to new auxiliary information.
Meanwhile, more than 30,000 digital TK-Insured-used files, such as Baas, the German press Agency said. “We are currently in advanced test mode, since it is allowed to do with patient data, there are no quick fixes.” The response was positive, every day, 500 new users are being added. The test phase was designed to 100,000 users.
App vary by Region
The AOK will start your health network to pilot projects in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin until the beginning of 2019 in the other countries. Depending on the regional circumstances, there should be different applications.