{"id":27792,"date":"2024-08-05T10:08:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27792"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:13:31","slug":"techniker-krankenkasse-new-diga-report","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/en\/news\/techniker-krankenkasse-new-diga-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Techniker Krankenkasse Publishes New DiGA Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TK, Germany&#8217;s largest health insurer by membership, has published its second <strong>DiGA report<\/strong> (after 2022).<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, TK includes the <strong>outpatient care history<\/strong> of<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">DiGA users in the 24 months before they used a DiGA. This is an approximate <strong>description of the care pathway<\/strong> leading to a DiGA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28504\" src=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Average-number-of-outpatient-physician-visits-at-various-points-in-time-prior-to-the-first-use-of-a-digital-health-application-DiGA.webp\" alt=\"Average number of outpatient physician visits at various points in time prior to the first use of a digital health application (DiGA)\" width=\"1875\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Average-number-of-outpatient-physician-visits-at-various-points-in-time-prior-to-the-first-use-of-a-digital-health-application-DiGA.webp 1875w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Average-number-of-outpatient-physician-visits-at-various-points-in-time-prior-to-the-first-use-of-a-digital-health-application-DiGA-1280x853.webp 1280w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Average-number-of-outpatient-physician-visits-at-various-points-in-time-prior-to-the-first-use-of-a-digital-health-application-DiGA-980x653.webp 980w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Average-number-of-outpatient-physician-visits-at-various-points-in-time-prior-to-the-first-use-of-a-digital-health-application-DiGA-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) 1875px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The result: DiGA are used in the context of <strong>care that is becoming more intensive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>DiGA users are very often already heavily involved in outpatient treatment processes. This is reflected in <strong>rising rates of use of GP and specialist services<\/strong> as well as more frequent doctor visits <strong>in the year before using the DiGA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, it is clear that for a relevant share of users, DiGA are <strong>used early in the course of the illness<\/strong>. For around 28 percent of users with a diagnosis, the relevant initial diagnosis was documented within three months before use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Link to the TK DiGA Report II: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tk.de\/resource\/blob\/2170850\/e7eaa59ecbc0488b415409d5d3a354cf\/tk-diga-report-2-2024-data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.tk.de\/resource\/blob\/2170850\/e7eaa59ecbc0488b415409d5d3a354cf\/tk-diga-report-2-2024-data.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"display":[54],"class_list":["post-27792","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>Techniker Krankenkasse Publishes New DiGA Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TK&#039;s 2nd DiGA report shows digital health apps are prescribed alongside intensive 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