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19 April 2019

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
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15 April 2019

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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11 April 2019

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
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28 March 2019

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
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22 March 2019

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
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app round up
22 March 2019

Mobile health and apps news in brief

Our latest mobile health and apps news features a new payroll app that's saving the NHS hundreds of hours and
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7 March 2019

GDE Salford Royal launches own health and care app library

Each app in the Global Digital Exemplar’s (GDE) library has been subjected to seven tests to investigate how good, secure
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app round up
22 February 2019

Mobile health and apps news in brief

The latest roundup features Push Doctor partnering with Datix to improve their patient safety software and a food app that
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20 February 2019

CQC to begin inspecting how triage apps affect care

New guidelines on how to assure inspectors that apps are being used appropriately were published last month, following legal advise.
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30 January 2019

NICE recommends digital CBT for young people with mild depression

NICE believes digital services could mean children will avoid lengthy delays in care and also help reduce pressures on the
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