With the draft law on the digital modernisation of care and nursing (Digitale Versorgung und Pflege-Modernisierungs-Gesetz – DVPMG), the first steps have been taken to make digital innovations and their benefits also accessible in the nursing environment. In order to sustainably integrate digital care applications (DiPA) as a sustainable component in care, transparency and openness are now required in the definition and design of the specifications.
As an association that represents the common interests of providers of digital healthcare services, we see ourselves as a spokesman vis-à-vis politicians, authorities and other stakeholders when it comes to defining guard rails for digitally-supported, future-proof care.