DocMorris continues to grow in the first quarter of 2024 and creates digital access to the entire e-prescription market - Seite 2

In Spain and France, sales in the first quarter were below expectations at minus 1.8 per cent in local currency and minus 6.0 per cent in Group currency compared to the previous year at CHF 15.3 million as a result of an increasingly competitive market environment.

Fully digitalised e-prescription redemption via DocMorris app
On 9 April 2024, DocMorris received gematik approval for its fully digital e-prescription redemption channel via the electronic health card (eGK = elektronische Gesundheitskarte) (see press release). The rollout of the new e-prescription function in the DocMorris app was started immediately and is proceeding according to plan. It will be available to DocMorris customers throughout Germany this week. This simple redemption channel represents enormous market potential and enables convenient service offers: Anyone who redeems an e-prescription at DocMorris by 8 p.m. will receive their medication the very next working day. Chronically ill patients with long-term medication can sign up for a repeat prescription subscription and thus ensure a seamless supply of important medicines. With the Law to Strengthen Care I (German: Gesundheitsversorgungsstärkungsgesetz I), the Federal Ministry of Health intends to switch medical remuneration from quarterly payments to annual reimbursements. This will favour the consistent use of repeat prescriptions. And last but not least, the e-prescription also allows doctors to issue and send prescriptions to their patients as part of telemedical care.

TeleClinic with impressive growth
With the Digital Act coming into force on 26 March 2024, the course has been set for a deeper integration of telemedicine in Germany: The volume limits for telemedical care provided by medical practices have been lifted and the electronic patient file (ePA) will become mandatory for all people with statutory health insurance at the beginning of 2025. TeleClinic, the leading platform for online doctor consultations in Germany, continued to grow very strongly in the first quarter of 2024. Over than 2,000 registered doctors who actively use the technical platform of the DocMorris subsidiary have now treated more than 1.6 million cases.