Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

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Gurmit Sandhu & Angelina Rau

8 episodes

1 week ago

In this episode (in Swiss German), host Angelina Rau sits down with Barbara Meier, attorney at law at VISCHER AG and expert in tariff and healthcare law, to unpack one of the most complex yet crucial topics for digital health innovators in Switzerland — reimbursement and tariffs. They discuss how Digital Health Applications (DiGAs) — software-based medical devices such as health apps or digital therapeutics — gain access to the Swiss healthcare system. Even when approved and recognized under ...

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Episodes (8/8)

Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

Swiss Tariff System: Market Access for Digital Health Applications

1 week ago

22 minutes

Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

Invitation to participate in an online survey: Gap Analysis on Swiss Assessment of DHTs

Are you a Switzerland-based stakeholder interested in the market access assessment of digital health technologies for the Swiss market? We value your input on how digital health technologies (DHTs) are currently assessed for market access (leading to reimbursement) in Switzerland — particularly by those without deep regulatory expertise. Two webinars will be held in October 2025 to provide context for completing the survey and introduce the key themes behind our research. You can still ...

1 month ago

2 minutes

Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

Swiss Patient Leader Insights - Can more be done for Market & Patient Access of DHTs? | Jennifer Woods

Jennifer Woods, Swiss Patient Leader and PPI partner, shares how Switzerland can strengthen patient access to digital health technologies: from usability and patient-reported outcomes/experience measures (PROMs & PREMs) to data privacy & security, value-based care, and the daily burden of illness. Beyond highlighting the gaps, she points to solutions — such as integrating patient voices earlier and systematically in HTA processes and aligning market access with real-world patient need...

1 month ago

18 minutes

Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

Example of a Health Technology Assessment HTA framework for Digital Health Technologies: Dr. Rosa V Hidalgo

Rosa, Head of HTA at AQuAS (Barcelona), talks about her experience with developing fit-for-purpose assessment frameworks for digital health technologies. She shares how the Spanish HTA network, RedETS, follows a grassroots approach — identifying common needs and building methods that truly capture the value of these innovations. Rosa reflects on how this experience can support better decisions around market access and reimbursement. We also discuss what Switzerland can learn from this approac...

4 months ago

34 minutes

Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

Interoperability in Swiss Digital Health: Insights from Dr. Julia Müllner, eHealth Suisse

Host Gurmit speaks with Dr. Julia Müllner, Deputy Section Head at eHealth Suisse, about the vital role of interoperability for digital health technologies. From empowering Parkinson’s patients to challenges and strengthening Swiss health IT infrastructure, Julia explains how better data integration can enhance care delivery, improve patient outcomes, and support market access for digital health technologies and their developers. Ensuring both patient and clinician access remains a critical su...

5 months ago

26 minutes

Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

Episode 2: How can your Digital Health Technology (DHT) be reimbursed in Swizerland?

In this episode, we explore the reimbursement landscape for digital health technologies (DHTs) in Switzerland with Angelina, offering an introductory overview of key pathways to market access. We focus on the inclusion of DHTs in Switzerland’s compulsory health insurance system ("OKP") and touch on the essential reimbursement criteria—known as the "EAE criteria" or "WZW-Kriterien": Effectiveness (Wirksamkeit)Appropriateness (Zweckmässigkeit)Cost-effectiveness (Wirtschaftlichkeit)We also highl...

6 months ago

12 minutes

Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

Episode 1 Introducing the Value Assessment Dashboard (VAD) with Gurmit

In this debut episode, Gurmit presents his Value Assessment Dashboard (VAD)—a comprehensive tool designed to evaluate digital health technologies across seven key value domains. The VAD helps determine a technology’s potential for reimbursement, market access, and adoption, bridging the gap between innovation and patient access to better healthcare. Developed as part of Gurmit’s MSc Medical Informatics research thesis, the VAD is built upon prior consultancy work in co-developing an orientati...

7 months ago

11 minutes

Navigating Swiss Market Access #medtech #digitalhealth

Meet your co-hosts & their why | Increasing your confidence on #healthtech market acces

We will be exploring, developing a better understanding, and uncovering strategies & tactics to enhance Swiss market access (reimbursement) for digital health technologies (DHTs), including MedTech and Medical Devices. With our combined expertise in digital health technologies, we’ll invite key stakeholders to share their insights, where we will: a. discuss their challenges, opportunities, and successes in the Swiss market access ecosystem. b. delve into their pain points, c...

8 months ago

3 minutes