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A New Era of Accreditation and Activation – Supporting the Digital Patient

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Covid-19 has highlighted the importance of flexibility when delivering mental health services. Lockdowns and uncertainty in many countries have necessitated the need to have mental health services online to support people through what has been an undeniably turbulent period.

 

In this keynote address, Liz Ashall-Payne (CEO, ORCHA [The Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications]) discusses the new era of accreditation and activation to support the digital patient. Although Liz and her organisation have been reviewing digital health applications long before the onset of Covid-19, the onset of the pandemic has surged demand for digital mental health apps, creating both new opportunities and a sense of urgency to review and regulate existing digital products.

 

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Victoria Hornby

CEO, Mental Health Innovations, UK

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Victoria is CEO of Mental Health Innovations, the charity behind SHOUT, the UK’s first 24/7 crisis text service. From 2011 to 2017, she was Director of Programmes at The Royal Foundation, building a portfolio of projects including the Invictus Games, Coach Core, United for Wildlife and Heads Together.