Digital Transformation of Rheumatology Care in Germany: Cross-Sectional National Survey

Susann May   ¹ , MPH ;   Robert Darkow   ² , Dr rer med ;   Johannes Knitza   ^{3, 4} , MHBA, MD, PhD ;   Katharina Boy   ¹ , BSc ;   Philipp Klemm   ⁵ , MD ;   Martin Heinze   ^{1, 6} , MD ;   Nicolas Vuillerme   ^{3, 7, 8} , PhD ;   Pascal Petit   ³ , PhD ;   Patricia Steffens-Korbanka   ⁹ , MFA ;   Heike Kladny   ¹⁰ , MFA ;   Johannes Hornig   ⁹ , MD ;   Peer Aries   ¹¹ , MD ;   Martin Welcker   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Felix Muehlensiepen   ^{1, 3} , MPH, Dr rer med, PhD

¹ Center for Health Services Research, Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Germany

² FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH, Graz, Austria

³ AGEIS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France

⁴ Institute for Digital Medicine, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

⁵ Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, Osteology, Kerckhoff-Klinik GmbH, Bad Nauheim, Germany

⁶ University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Brandenburg Medical School, Immanuel Hospital Rüdersdorf, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Germany

⁷ Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France

⁸ LabCom Telecom4Health, Orange Labs & Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Inria, Grenoble INP-UGA, Grenoble, France

⁹ Rheumapraxis an der Hase, Osnabrück, Germany

¹⁰ MVZ für Rheumatologie Dr. Martin Welcker GmbH, Planegg, Germany

¹¹ Immunologikum Hamburg, Rheumatologie & Klinische Immunologie, Hamburg, Germany