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Content ArticleInformation on when software applications are considered to be a medical device and how they are regulated written by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
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Content ArticleDespite recent policy recommendations advocating the use of health apps in routine clinical practice, they are rarely recommended to patients by healthcare professionals in practice. To find out why, ORCHA (Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications) conducted its first study of healthcare professionals’ views regarding digital health, published in the Lancet Digital Health. Conducting in-depth interviews followed by a quantitative survey with healthcare professionals, ORCHA discovered what is most important, of some importance and of limited influence to healthcare professionals when considering recommending a health app to patients.
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Content ArticleThe objective of this review is to contribute to the development of the GMC's policy in this area. Given the GMC’s role as a regulator of individual healthcare professionals (i.e. doctors) this study focuses on the types of requirements and standards applicable to or having implications for healthcare practitioners, rather than the regulation of healthcare providers (e.g. hospitals, surgeries etc.) or healthcare systems as a whole.
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Content ArticleThis review by Van Velthoven et al, published in BMJ Open, provides a systematic overview of standards for the development of health apps based on those for software of medical devices and clinical information systems.
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The NHS App
Claire Cox posted an article in Apps for health and care
The NHS App is for people aged 13 years and over who are registered with a connected GP surgery. -
Content ArticleORCHA is the world’s leading health app evaluation and advisor organisation. In this interview, Chief Executive, Liz Ashall-Payne, tells us how ORCHA is driving safety improvements across the globe, empowering patients and highlights the danger of a poorly designed health app.
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Content ArticleThis study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that current algorithm based smartphone apps cannot be relied on to detect all cases of melanoma or other skin cancers. Test performance is likely to be poorer than reported here when used in clinically relevant populations and by the intended users of the apps. The current regulatory process for awarding the CE (Conformit Europenne) marking for algorithm based apps does not provide adequate protection to the public.
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Content ArticleThe Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s first mobile application, PatientAider, can be a valuable source of medical information to help keep you or your loved one safe during a hospital stay. PatientAider is free to download and includes information on common dangers and recommendations for questions to ask. This app is available in: Arabic (supported by the Saudi Patient Safety Center) English Latin American Spanish Traditional Chinese (Taiwanese). Patient Safety Movement is an American organisation.
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Content ArticlePresentation slides from ORCHA webinar on App safety.
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Help@Hand Community Info: App
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Good practice and useful resources
Connect with your GP Surgery. Discover a local network of support and wellness activities. Help at Hand is free to use and personalised to you, with vital information for patients, family & friends, carers, and anyone in need of a helping hand. -
Content ArticleA digital tablet intervention to record and communicate data on the health of residents was used in care homes in Sunderland. Between April 2017 and March 2018, a small-scale evaluation compared data between eight of the care homes routinely using the intervention with eight similar care homes who weren’t. The evaluation found that the eight care homes using the intervention made an estimated saving of around £756,144 in A&E attendances and ambulance services during this period.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Dr Timothy Ferris, NHS England National Director of Transformation and Rachel Power, Chief Executive at The Patients Association, look at patient access to health records. Dr Ferris writes about NHS England's ambition that patients are able to see their GP health record "at the touch of a button" and Rachel explains why it's important that patients have access to their records. Three patients also share why they find digital access to their records so useful.
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Content ArticleTechnology holds promise for the future of healthcare. It can prevent illness, enable early diagnosis, empower health management and support general wellbeing. But how might people use technology to have more control over their health and wellbeing? And do they want to? This report explores the role of technology in managing, improving and supporting health and wellbeing. The NHS Confederation, in partnership with Google Health, commissioned Ipsos to explore people’s behaviours, attitudes and beliefs about responsibility and control when it comes to their health, the role that health technologies play in this and their expectations about the future of healthcare. A survey of more than 1,000 adults in the UK – a third of whom live with one or more long-term conditions (LTCs) – and interviews with individuals with LTCs and who have frequent interaction with the health system, forms the centrepiece of this report.
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Content ArticleWith patients increasingly being able to view their healthcare records online or via an app, it is very important that they understand what their records say. This webpage by the NHS explains what some of the most common medical abbreviations mean, to help patients understand what has been written about their care and treatment.
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Michael Seres – the passing of a patient champion
Clive Flashman posted an article in Patient engagement
Michael Seres was a husband, a father, a successful entrepreneur and many more things. Most importantly in some ways, he was a lifelong Chrohn's patient who finally succumbed to an associated cancer last weekend. His loss has hit hard those who knew and admired him and the tributes have been numerous and from both clinicians and other patients. His death is a real loss for anyone interested in promoting patient engagement, and the involvement of patients in safer medical practise.
