April 17 — World Hemophilia Day!

This year’s World Hemophilia Day was held under the motto “Access for All: Partnership. Policy. Progress. Engaging your government, integrating inherited bleeding disorders into national policy”.

On this occasion, the Ärzte Zeitung, opens in a new tab not only dedicated an article, opens in a new tab to smart medication, but also recorded a podcast episode, opens in a new tab (both in German) with the hemostaseologist Dr. Wolfgang Mondorf, chairman of the VFTH e.V.

Telemonitoring in hemophilia established long ago

[…] “Collecting real-world data is relatively easy for hemostaseologists, not least because most physicians and a large proportion of patients are connected to one of the telemonitoring systems that allow patients to document bleeding events, blood values, and medication intake via smartphone or computer. Mondorf has been working with the smart medication system for many years and, nine years ago, was also a prizewinner in the “Die innovative Arztpraxis” competition held by Springer Medizin and the Ärzte Zeitung.” […]

👉 Read the full article online here, opens in a new tab (in German)

👉 Listen to the ÄrzteTag podcast here, opens in a new tab (in German)