{"id":27712,"date":"2025-12-18T12:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27712"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:49:18","slug":"diga-activation-model-regions-gematik-report","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/en\/news\/diga-activation-model-regions-gematik-report\/","title":{"rendered":"DiGA Activation in the Model Regions Flops, gematik Final Report Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the <strong>model region of Hamburg and the surrounding area<\/strong>, <strong>gematik<\/strong> worked with medical practices, health insurers and software providers between May and September 2025 to <strong>test the e-prescription process for DiGA under real-world conditions<\/strong> for the first time. Technically, the system worked well: integration into practice management systems succeeded without major training effort, and the procedure ran stably and reliably regardless of the system used.<\/p>\n<p>Of <strong>119<\/strong> DiGA prescriptions issued, however, <strong>only 28<\/strong> (15 via app, 13 via paper token) <strong>were actually redeemed<\/strong>. The vast <strong>majority went unused<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The main reasons cited were overly <strong>complicated authentication<\/strong> in the apps, the <strong>unfamiliar digital process<\/strong> and unclear or <strong>confusing information<\/strong> and printouts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28477 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DiGA-Prescriptions-Filled-in-the-TI-Pilot-Project.webp\" alt=\"Redeemed DiGA prescriptions in the TI pilot project\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DiGA-Prescriptions-Filled-in-the-TI-Pilot-Project.webp 1800w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DiGA-Prescriptions-Filled-in-the-TI-Pilot-Project-1280x853.webp 1280w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DiGA-Prescriptions-Filled-in-the-TI-Pilot-Project-980x653.webp 980w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DiGA-Prescriptions-Filled-in-the-TI-Pilot-Project-480x320.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chart of the redeemed DiGA e-prescriptions in the gematik pilot project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/66fa4e35eeec650dad5b9a78\/69319c7782d5d03103d401c3_PM%20E-Rezept%20Pilot.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spitzenverband Digitale Gesundheitsversorgung (SVDGV) therefore called for improvements<\/a>, in particular a considerably more user-friendly, low-barrier and <strong>fully digital redemption path<\/strong>. Otherwise, it argued, the procedure is not suitable for a nationwide rollout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The gematik final report was published here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gematik.de\/media\/gematik\/Medien\/ePA_fuer_alle\/Abschlussbericht_Modellregionen\/gematik_TI-Modellregion_Abschlussbericht_DiGA_eVO.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abschlussbericht der E-Verordnung DiGA-Pilotierung<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"display":[54],"class_list":["post-27712","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","display-display-on-news-page"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DiGA Activation in the Model Regions Flops, gematik Report Shows<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gematik\u2019s DiGA e-prescription pilot worked technically, but only 28 of 119 prescriptions were redeemed, highlighting 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