Following the release of the white paper “Digital Health Applications (DiGA) in Portugal,” Marta Passadouro, Lead of the Portugal Ecosystem, shared insights in an interview with Expresso. The discussion emphasized the urgent need for a framework to validate, certify, and reimburse digital health therapies in Portugal. Marta highlighted the importance of clear regulations to ensure digital therapy apps are effective, prescribable, and reimbursable, just like traditional therapeutics.
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This in-depth study aims to establish a robust strategy to accelerate the digitalization of healthcare in Portugal and counted with the contributions of several other entities and EIT Health Innostars partners as: Ana Rita Londral from VOH Colab, Anne Geubelle from Prologica, Filipe Costa from NOVA SBE, José Paulo Carvalho from HopeCare, Mafalda Carvalho ULS Santa Maria, Sandra Balseiro from IPN and Torsten B. Christannand from Digital Oxygen.
