Medical practices can now report infectious diseases via the DEMIS portal
The Robert Koch Institute is also releasing its German Electronic Reporting and Information System for Infection Protection for use by medical practices.
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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has now released its German Electronic Reporting and Information System for Infection Protection (Deutsche Elektronische Melde- und Informationssystem fĂĽr den Infektionsschutz, DEMIS) for use by medical practices. They can now use it to report notifiable infections such as whooping cough, measles, mumps, polio, rubella and chickenpox, according to the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians.
According to the Infection Protection Act, doctors are obliged to report notifiable infections to the health authorities within 24 hours. This also applies to suspected cases and deaths. The report must be made electronically.
DEMIS reporting portal of the RKI
The DEMIS reporting portal was enshrined in law in 2017 and launched by the RKI in 2020, writes the KBV. Accordingly, numerous laboratories are already using the portal to report detected pathogens. According to the RKI, the health authorities are also connected to the system. The RKI provides an information package for doctors' practices to answer questions. It states, for example, that authentication is possible either via the BundID or via the telematics infrastructure with an electronic institution ID card (SMC-B) with the Gematik authenticator.
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Hospitals have been obliged to use a DEMIS interface since 2022. At the end of February, the RKI also provided information about the Electronic Reporting and Information System for Health Authorities (EMIGA), which, like DEMIS, is part of a modular IT platform for the public health service (Ă–GDnet). This is intended to ensure data exchange without media discontinuity and reduce operating expenses in the health authorities.
After not enough up-to-date data was available during the coronavirus crisis, the federal government put together an 800 million euro package for the Ă–GD. Previously, data was often transmitted using paper, fax and the like.
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