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Redcare Pharmacy’s eHealth-CardLink solution approved by gematik today.

EQS-News: Redcare Pharmacy N.V. / Key word(s): Regulatory Approval Redcare Pharmacy’s eHealth-CardLink solution approved by gematik today. 23.04.2024 / 15:59 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Redcare Pharmacy’s eHealth-CardLink solution approved by gematik today.

• Fully digital redemption method to be integrated in Redcare’s Shop Apotheke mobile app in Germany.
• Expected to be available for customers by early May.
• Redcare ideally positioned to serve e-Rx customers in the multi-billion-euro German prescription market.

Sevenum, the Netherlands, 23 April 2024. Today, Redcare Pharmacy has successfully obtained the provider approval by the gematik for its eHealth-CardLink solution, while its development partner eHealth Experts simultaneously received the product approval. This innovative redemption method ensures that patients in Germany have access to a low-threshold, fully digital channel to obtain prescription drugs from their pharmacy of choice. Redcare’s eHealth-CardLink solution will be launched in its mobile app for customers in Germany by early May, following the implementation of all necessary technical and process steps.

Redcare Pharmacy’s CEO, Olaf Heinrich comments: “This is a significant milestone for Redcare Pharmacy as well as for the broader digital transformation of the healthcare landscape in Germany. The complete benefits of a digitised prescription can now be fully realised by patients. By simply using the eGK health card, a smartphone and our app patients can redeem their prescription from anywhere and at any time.”

The eHealth-CardLink solution is an additional redemption method for e-prescriptions to the existing eGK plug-in solution available in brick-and-mortar pharmacies, the gematik app and the printed version of the e-prescription with QR code. Customers of online pharmacies will still be able to use the gematik app or scan the QR code on the printed prescription. However, use of the eHealth-CardLink option does not require an eGK PIN – needed to use the gematik app – and provides a paperless, fully digital redemption journey. The e-prescription has been mandatory since January 2024, significantly accelerating the adoption rate by healthcare professionals. It is estimated that more than 70% of prescriptions issued to patients with statutory health insurance are now electronic.