Since 1 July 2026, physicians in Switzerland can, for the first time, prescribe a digital health application at the expense of mandatory health insurance. What this milestone means for everyday clinical practice was the subject of the opening talk at the 3rd St.Galler Ärztesymposium, delivered by [...]

Meet Lola Jo Ackermann and Alexandre de Montleau at Mensch und Computer 2026 and explore two interactive CDHI demos that make digital health interventions more adaptive, transparent, and responsive. Digital health interventions face two deceptively simple questions: What should happen when engagement begins to decline? [...]

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch completed his PhD in Management at the University of St.Gallen in 2016, and in 2022 he was awarded the title of private lecturer (Privatdozent) with the "venia legendi" in Information Systems with a special focus on Digital Health, following the successful [...]

We are delighted to welcome Anne Strunz as our newest member of the CDHI team! Anne joins us as a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Technology Management (ITEM), University of St. Gallen, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch, Dr. Mia Jovanova and [...]

We are happy to welcome Dr. Vanessa Vallesi at the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care (Team Digital Health Interventions), University of Zurich, and the Centre for Digital Health Interventions, where she will support the work on the University Medicine Zurich (UMZH) technology initiative [...]

We are very happy to welcome Madeleine Soukup as a new Research Assistant at the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care at the University of Zurich. Madeleine will support the team across the UMZH PRECIOUS and DSI ELIAS projects, contributing to research at the [...]

Join the 2nd UMZH Precision Digital Therapeutics Summer School in Zurich, 17–21 August 2026! 🚀 Work with clinicians, patients, researchers, and innovators to design next-generation Precision Digital Therapeutics (PDTx) powered by AI and digital health technologies. Over five intensive days, interdisciplinary teams will tackle [...]

Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming Michael Stahlberger, CIO of HOCH Health Ostschweiz, for an inspiring keynote as part of the Health IT lecture organized by Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch within the Joint Medical Master program, a joint initiative of the University of Zurich [...]

Imene Kolli is joining the Chair for Digital Health Interventions (Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch) at the University of Zurich’s Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care as a Software Engineer – Machine Learning. She will contribute to the PRECIOUS project, including the development of the [...]