Mobile health and apps news in brief
The round up features a study into mental health apps and a campaign launched in Scotland which encourages people to use phones to manage their health.
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Action for Children invests in mood tracking app for kids
Action for Children has introduced Mind of My Own’s apps as a way for children to digitally share worries and concerns in confidence.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
This month’s mobile app news includes mental health apps topping the list of most frequently used in Salford Royal’s own library.
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NHS should ‘prescribe FitBits’ to prevent inequality in health tech
The Social Market Foundation report found access to improved health outcomes should not be limited by a person’s ability to pay for innovative technology.
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Vendors have ‘obligation’ to be transparent about data use, charity warns
There is often confusion about who is responsible for ensuring users’ know what is happening to their data, Patient Safety Learning’s digital officer said.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
Our latest apps news roundup features Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust have partnering with Q Doctor to provide video consultation services.
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ORCHA chief executive gives thoughts on problems facing medical apps
Speaking at a Royal Society of Medicine event, Liz Ashall-Payne said awareness, accessibility, trust and governance were among the challenges.
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Patient safety charity calls for regulatory standards for medical apps
There are “more questions than answers” surrounding the safety of medical apps, the cheif executive of Patient Safety Learning told an audience in London.
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Data sharing in health apps ‘far from transparent’, BMJ research warns
App developers legally and routinely share data but evidence suggest many fail to provide privacy assurances around how they share the data, experts said.
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GP apps need ‘back-up plan’ in cases of suspected sepsis, new guidance says
Sepsis can be a notoriously difficult infection to spot, which raises the question: Do GP apps pose a risk the infection will be overlooked?
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