"Software apps for health and wellness are proliferating rapidly. Policy makers, health-care providers, and consumers can benefit from assessment and standard-isation of these apps, to support decision making in a rapidly developing field. Recognising this unmet need, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a standard in July, 2021, with the purpose of defining a framework for quality assessment and labelling of health apps.
 
The framework defined by the standard comprises four subscales: healthy and safe, easy to use, secure data, and robust build, with corresponding questions and proposed evidence standards...

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