Apps for health and care

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1. Adverse drug reaction reporting with the Med Safety app in Uganda: a cluster-randomised, controlled trial (The Lancet Global Health, October 2025)

   • Pharmacist
   • Prescribing
   • (and 8 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Pharmacist
     • Prescribing
     • Public health
     • Community care
     • Medicine - Clinical pharmacology
     • Health and Care Apps
     • Research
     • Healthcare
     • Uganda
     • Low income countries

   By Anonymous, 29 May

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   • 29 May

2. MHRA guidance on using apps and other digital tools to support mental health (January 2026)

   • Health and Care Apps
   • Regulatory issue
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health and Care Apps
     • Regulatory issue
     • Person-centred care
     • Mental health
     • Digital health
     • Technology

   By Patient Safety Learning, 3 February

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   • 3,951 views
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   • 3 February

3. False atrial fibrillation alerts from smartwatches are associated with decreased perceived physical well-being and confidence in chronic symptoms management (3 April 2023)

   • Health and Care Apps
   • Wearables
   • (and 9 more)

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     • Health and Care Apps
     • Wearables
     • Digital health
     • Technology
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Research
     • Alert
     • Symptoms
     • Medicine - Cardiology
     • Behaviour
     • Home

   By Patient Safety Learning, 12 March, 2025

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   • 1,149 views
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   • 12 March, 2025

4. An app a day will (probably not) keep the doctor away: an evidence audit of health and medical apps available on the Apple App Store (17 July 2024)

   • Health and Care Apps
   • Research
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health and Care Apps
     • Research
     • Public health
     • Health education

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 September, 2024

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   • 509 views
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   • 14 September, 2024

5. Digital Coalition: Public and patient experience of the NHS App (27 March 2024)

   • Digital health
   • Health and Care Apps
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Digital health
     • Health and Care Apps
     • Patient engagement
     • Survey

   By Patient Safety Learning, 28 March, 2024

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   • 887 views
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   • 28 March, 2024

6. First-of-its-kind app for patients on clinical trials being piloted by Cancer Research UK (28 November 2022)

   • Cancer
   • Health and Care Apps
   • (and 6 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Cancer
     • Health and Care Apps
     • Technology
     • Innovation
     • Patient engagement
     • Information sharing
     • Communication
     • Clinical trial

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 December, 2022

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   • 1,003 views
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   • 29 December, 2022

7. Blog - Babylon disrupted the UK’s health system. Then it left (23 August 2022)

   • Health and Care Apps
   • Technology
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Health and Care Apps
     • Technology
     • Diagnosis
     • Diagnostic error
     • Innovation
     • Resources / Organisational management

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 31 August, 2022

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   • 1,252 views
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   • 31 August, 2022

8. Effect of a mobile app on prehospital medication errors during simulated pediatric resuscitation (30 August 2021)

   • Medication
   • Adminstering medication
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Medication
     • Adminstering medication
     • Digital health
     • Health and Care Apps

   By Mark Hughes, 22 September, 2021

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   • 1,318 views
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   • 22 September, 2021

9. Barriers and facilitators to the adoption of mobile health among health care professionals from the United Kingdom: Discrete choice experiment (6 July 2020)

   • Health and Care Apps
   • Digital health
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Health and Care Apps
     • Digital health
     • Research
     • Transformation
     • Staff factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 1 August, 2021

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   • 993 views
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   • 1 August, 2021

10. FCI Clinical Safety Group Webinar, Part 1: Assessment of Apps (5 May 2020)

    • Technology
    • Innovation
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Technology
      • Innovation
      • Pandemic

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 January, 2021

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    • 1,373 views
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    • 15 January, 2021

11. Beyond Dr. Google: the evidence on consumer-facing digital tools for diagnosis (25 September 2020)

    • Diagnosis
    • mHealth
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Diagnosis
      • mHealth
      • Health and Care Apps
      • Evaluation

    By lzipperer, 19 October, 2020

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    • 1,132 views
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    • 19 October, 2020

12. Foundation Doctor Handbook App

    • Doctor
    • Treatment
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Doctor
      • Treatment
      • Training

    By Claire Cox, 1 August, 2020

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    • 2,781 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 1 August, 2020

13. PatientAider: medical app to help keep you safe in the hospital

    • Health and Care Apps
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Health and Care Apps
      • Patient engagement
      • Hospital ward
      • Information sharing

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 2 April, 2020

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    • 1,436 views
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    • 2 April, 2020

14. Algorithm based smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer in adults: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies (February 2020)

    • Cancer
    • Medicine - Oncology
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Cancer
      • Medicine - Oncology
      • Medicine - Dermatology
      • Health and Care Apps
      • System safety

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 19 February, 2020

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    • 1,585 views
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    • 19 February, 2020

15. "It's definitely been a journey": A qualitative study on how women with eating disorders use weight loss apps (May 2017)

    • Eating disorder
    • Service user
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Eating disorder
      • Service user
      • Behaviour
      • Patient harmed
      • Flawed processes
      • Qualitative

    By Claire Cox, 5 January, 2020

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    • 1,516 views
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    • 5 January, 2020

16. Understanding the role of healthy eating and fitness mobile apps in the formation of maladaptive eating and exercise behaviours in young people (June 2019)

    • Eating disorder
    • Digital health
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Eating disorder
      • Digital health
      • Retrospective
      • Patient involvement
      • Feedback
      • Usability
      • Children and Young People

    By Claire Cox, 5 January, 2020

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    • 1,285 views
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    • 5 January, 2020

17. Patient view: why we need safe and secure apps in healthcare

    • Patient
    • Health and Care Apps
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Health and Care Apps
      • System safety
      • Innovation
      • Patient harmed
      • Information sharing

    By Claire Cox, 1 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,258 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 1 January, 2020

18. RCPCH: Young Epilepsy app

    • Paediatrics
    • Epilepsy
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Paediatrics
      • Epilepsy
      • Health and Care Apps
      • Service user
      • Monitoring
      • Children and Young People

    By Claire Cox, 17 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,930 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 17 November, 2019

19. Homerton University Hospital Action Card App: Winner of the Patient Safety Learning Award 2019

    • Care assessment
    • Care coordination
    • (and 11 more)

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      • Care assessment
      • Care coordination
      • Care goals
      • Care navigation
      • Care record
      • Treatment
      • Accountability
      • Communication
      • Leadership
      • Organisational learning
      • Organisational development
      • Transformation
      • Health and Care App

    By Luke Brown, 13 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,860 views
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    • Added by Luke Brown
    • 13 November, 2019

20. Nurse-led use of technology to enable better care - Homerton University Hospital Action Card App

    • Accident and Emergency
    • Hospital ward
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Accident and Emergency
      • Hospital ward
      • Medicine - General internal
      • Emergency medicine
      • Health and Care Apps
      • User centred design

    By Luke Brown, 12 August, 2019

    • 6 comments
    • 5,577 views
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    • Comment by Patient Safety Learning
    • 10 September, 2019

21. The role of health-care providers in mHealth adoption

    • Patient
    • Carer
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Patient
      • Carer
      • Health and Care Apps
      • Organisational culture
      • Survey

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 July, 2019

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    • 1,292 views
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    • 23 July, 2019

22. The NHS App

    • Digital health
    • Health and Care Apps

    By Claire Cox, 16 July, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,228 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 16 July, 2019