TK is expanding its digital care offering for women with breast cancer

03.02.2022 11:25

The Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) is now providing its insured persons with breast cancer with two innovative online offers free of charge for one year: the app “PINK! Coach”, which helps affected women to better cope with the therapy period and aftercare, as well as the interactive psycho-oncological course “PINK! Life". The 24-part online course aims to reduce possible psychological stress on patients and promote their well-being.

“We are thus expanding our digital care offering for TK insured people. The online offers help to strengthen the self-care of those affected and make it easier for them to deal with the disease and their individual therapy,” says TK deputy chairman Thomas Ballast.

The app “PINK! Coach” offers the user - depending on her individual therapy plan - the information and practical tips that are important to her, as well as new, individually tailored goals every day that specifically guide breast cancer patients to move more, eat healthier and be more mindful. Using the chatbot, every woman can also ask questions about complaints and side effects and receive relevant information and tips for self-help. Mindfulness and yoga exercises complement the offering.

With the four-week online course “PINK! Life”, breast cancer patients can learn to better deal with the stress of their disease and counteract depressive moods. Videos, audios and practical exercises are included.

Content is based on medical guidelines and recommendations

PINK! is a doctor-led platform that aims to improve care for breast cancer patients. All PINK! Course and app content is based on current medical guidelines and recommendations. The app is compatible with operating systems from Android 8.0 and iOS 13.0; the psycho-oncology course can be used with any common browser. Further information can be found on the TK website, search number 2119938.

Find personal coping strategies

Since 2019, those affected have been able to find Online course “Living with Cancer” The TK provides extensive and easy-to-understand information and practical exercises for living with your illness. The course provides information about the disease, its origins and therapy. It's also about what you can do yourself, the environment such as your partnership, relatives and friends, as well as personal coping strategies and a sense of your own resources. The course can also be used by people who do not have TK insurance. Prostate cancer and colon cancer are also topics.