Nia Health wins the Healthy Hub 2025
17.07.2025 17:57
Nia Health, with its innovative psoriasis app Sorea, was recognized as one of the five winners of the prestigious Healthy Hub competition 2025. The app, which already helps numerous psoriasis patients, will now be integrated into the benefits catalog of participating statutory health insurance providers under the leadership of BIG direkt gesund health insurance.
For the approximately two million people in Germany who suffer from psoriasis, this award represents an important step towards better care. Sorea offers those affected comprehensive digital support, enabling them to document symptoms, identify triggers, and track treatment progress.
With Sorea, Nia Health bridges the gap between patients' everyday lives and medical care. "Psoriasis is a chronic disease that extends far beyond the skin and can have a significant impact on quality of life. Our app enables those affected to better understand their condition and actively manage it," explains Tobias Seidl, founder of Nia Health.
The Healthy Hub jury was impressed by Sorea's holistic approach, including symptom tracking and comprehensive patient education. Furthermore, the app significantly improves communication between doctors and patients.
“Winning the Healthy Hub award is an important validation of our work,” Seidl continued. “Even more important, however, is that together with BIG direkt gesund, SBK, ikk Südwest, and mhplus, we now have the opportunity to make Sorea accessible to significantly more people affected by psoriasis. Our goal is to sustainably improve the care of psoriasis patients and help them achieve a better quality of life.”
As part of the Healthy Hub, Nia Health, together with BIG direkt gesund, will launch a pilot project in the coming months to make Sorea available to as many insured members of the aforementioned health insurance companies as possible. The medical app is intended to be established as a digital healthcare solution in the future and support patients throughout their entire treatment journey.
About Nia Health
Nia Health is a Berlin-based digital health company specializing in developing innovative solutions for people with chronic skin conditions. With its Sorea app, the company offers comprehensive digital support for psoriasis patients. The Sorea app is already extensively supported by the German Psoriasis Association and made available to its members. By combining medical expertise with digital innovation, Nia Health is paving the way for improved patient care.
About Healthy Hub
Since 2018, the four health insurance funds BIG direkt gesund, IKK Südwest, mhplus Krankenkasse, and SBK Siemens-Betriebskrankenkasse have been working together on the Healthy Hub to digitize the healthcare system. Their goal is to enable innovative solutions for better, integrated care for their approximately 2.7 million insured members. To this end, the funds regularly organize competitions for startups. They have already brought 27 startups into the healthcare system, and around 100,000 insured members have benefited from these innovative healthcare solutions.