16-April-2021 Articles With over 300,000 digital health apps available in the various apps stores, how is anyone supposed to know which ones can be trusted to deliver safe and effective care to support patients in their disease journey?…
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Why Reviewing Apps Is Not Enough: Transparency for Trust (T4T) Principles of Responsible Health App Marketplaces
The overselling of health apps that may provide little benefit and even harm needs the health community’s immediate attention. With little formal regulation, a light-touch approach to consumer protection is now warranted to give customers a modicum of information to…
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More Use of Health Apps in Mental Health Care Also Requires the Development of App Guides
MIND and GGZ’s Mental Health App Guide provides an overview of various apps that may be able to help people improve their psychological health. The app guide meets the needs of both users and caregivers. These needs have increased even…
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‘Most Healthcare Apps Not up to NHS Standards’
by BBC Newsby BBC NewsSource: https://www.bbc.co.uk/ A firm which reviews healthcare apps for several NHS trusts says 80% of them do not meet its standards. Failings include poor information, lack of security updates and insufficient awareness of regulatory requirements, said Orcha chief executive Liz Ashall-Payne.…
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Kiwi workplace wellbeing app ‘chnnl’ about to go global
Source: NZ Herald. Read the original article here. A Kiwi startup that promotes wellbeing by monitoring workplace stress and bullying is about to go global. Chnnl App – which channels information from employees to business decision makers – has been adopted…
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Stepping up e-mental health services to support New Zealanders during COVID-19
by Anna Eldersby Anna EldersNew Zealand has gained international recognition during the pandemic as a country willing and able to work together to achieve great things. Our response to the virus has helped us avoid the substantial challenges experienced by many healthcare systems around…