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Rochdale Diabetes Campaign

This is a case study about how the diabetic population across Rochdale were supported with digital health apps.

14 March 2024

Dorset Children and Young People’s Mental Health Campaign

This is a case study to show the effect of a mental health campaign targeted at young people across Dorset.

14 March 2024

Using safe digital health to close the gender health gap

Are we ensuring that we're meeting our mission by putting the power of digital health safely in the hands of women and girls?

08 March 2024

Keeping Well in the Winter Campaign

The Winter Pressures Campaign featured across a number of our UK Health System Clients to support them and their population during the challenging winter months when demands on services are higher than ever.

23 February 2024

Humber and North Yorkshire Swap and Stop Campaign

The Swap and Stop Case Studies evidences the impact of the recent campaign across Humber and North Yorkshire to encourage Quit attempts during the month of January.

22 February 2024

Introducing the OIDPM Badge

ORCHA, in collaboration with Alpha MD, is delighted to unveil the ORCHA India Data Protection Mark (OIDPM). This innovative badge marks a significant milestone in the response to the Indian Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023.

15 February 2024

Elevate Cancer Care through Digital Transformation

ORCHA is on the lookout for visionary partners who want to lead the charge in crafting ground breaking digital models for cancer care using health apps.

01 February 2024

ORCHA and Alpha MD Forge Strategic Partnership to Revolutionise Digital Health Delivery in India 

ORCHA, the Organisation for the Review of Health and Care Apps, and Alpha MD, a leading player in healthcare innovation, are proud to announce a strategic partnership aimed at shaping and supporting digital health delivery in India.

12 January 2024

ORCHA Platform Helps Suicide Prevention Helpline to Recommend Apps 

To identify the best apps across a range of challenges its service users face, and to create a platform that allows safe and secure distribution of the apps, Papyrus decided to work with the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps.

05 January 2024

Social Prescribing Team Recommending Health Apps Across Merseyside

Wellbeing Enterprises worked with NHS Cheshire and Merseyside to create a set of folders within the Digital Health Formulary, designed just for the needs of its staff.

04 January 2024

Helping people on Elective Care waiting list

Over eight weeks, this campaign not only helped provide support to people when they needed it, improving their health, but also saved Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership £189,906.

06 November 2023

 We hope the Government reconsiders its decision

We are surprised by the Government's decision to reject a straightforward recommendation – an accreditation scheme for third-party healthcare apps verified by the NHS.

27 September 2023

Top 5 FAQs – Clinical safety standards NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) 

Your questions answered: clinical safety requirements to pass the NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC), Clinical Safety Officers and DCB0129.

14 July 2023

ORCHA launches SAFE APPS campaign to help consumers choose safe digital health apps

Guidelines to choosing safe, high-quality health apps from the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA).

13 July 2023

Health and Social Care Committee Calls for Central Systems to Ensure Safe Third-Party Health Apps 

Following the inquiry into digital transformation in the NHS, the cross-party Health and Social Care Committee has now published its recommendations. Read our response.

04 July 2023

Revolutionising Healthcare: Clinical Leads Discuss the Future of the NHS and Digital Health 

Find out what our clinical leads think about digital health and the crucial role it has to play to help alleviate pressures on the NHS.

04 July 2023

Digital Health in the UK Attitudes and Behaviours Report 2023

A new ‘Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement’ Digital Health Academy learning module has been created to support the development and delivery of patient-centric technologies

13 June 2023

We’re bridging the gap between health innovators and patients

A new ‘Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement’ Digital Health Academy learning module has been created to support the development and delivery of patient-centric technologies

04 April 2023

Best For You – UK’s first dedicated mental health support App Library for children and young people in need of mental health support

Best For You worked with ORCHA to develop a Health App Library designed to support children and young people with their mental health.

30 March 2023

The Budget: A Spring Forward for Digital Health?

Following the rapid growth of the digital health sector, healthcare professionals and citizens now have distinct and different needs from their health app libraries – and so ORCHA has created products exactly tailored for each of these two audiences.

16 March 2023

600,000 A&E Admissions Could be Prevented with a Nationwide Deployment of Key Digital Health Products in Primary Care

Researchers at ORCHA and the University of Warwick have identified that digital health products such as health apps could make a substantial contribution to tackling NHS urgent care pressures, by keeping patients out of hospital in the first place. 

02 March 2023

ORCHA at the Health and Social Care Select Committee

ORCHA was invited to the Health and Social Care Select Committee to discuss the steps that will help the NHS accelerate its digital transformation. 

11 January 2023

Media Team Contacts

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20 December 2022

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20 December 2022

Market Facts and Figures

Stats on app usage by health and care professionals and citizens

20 December 2022

Digital health sector will take advantage of landmark new UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement 

Digital health companies ORCHA and Cogniss have announced a global partnership that will benefit from the new UK-Australian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which has just passed through the UK House of Commons and is anticipated to come into effect in 2023.

19 December 2022

First thousand frontline workers complete ORCHA training academy

One thousand delegates from across the NHS and care sectors have logged onto the new ORCHA Digital Health Academy and completed foundation training modules.

13 December 2022

NHS National Diabetes Prevention Case Study: Health apps make a difference for people with diabetes

Watch our digital health case study to hear from participants of the diabetes prevention programme about the successes of the project.

16 November 2022

New research shows diabetes health apps can help patients reduce blood sugar levels

New published research finds that diabetes-specific health apps reduce long-term blood sugar levels in patients with Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and prediabetes.

16 November 2022

His Majesty The King invites ORCHA to Buckingham Palace

The event, initiated by King Charles, will recognise and celebrate the contribution of small businesses to the UK economy.

15 November 2022

Hull patients to benefit from collaboration between Patients Know Best and ORCHA

Patients using the Patients Know Best portal to access their medical records and interact with the professional teams will be offered several opportunities, via the platform itself, to get free access to an ORCHA digital health library containing hundreds of highly rated health apps.

20 September 2022

ORCHA celebrated as one of UK’s top 50 HealthTech companies

ORCHA celebrated as one of UK's top 50 HealthTech companies .

16 August 2022

A Level and GCSE results are due – here are five apps to help teens cope

ORCHA has selected five mental health apps which could help anxious teenagers as they wait for their A Level and GCSE results (due on 18 August and 25 August).

12 August 2022

Digital health products to help the NHS catch up with routine health checks

Public Health England commissioned ORCHA to produce a report that identifies a series of digital health products which can safely and effectively assist healthcare professionals and patients with the NHS Health Check.

28 July 2022

How LMA supports students with digital health

LMA's student services team uses their ORCHA Library to support students with high-quality digital health

22 July 2022

84% of period tracker apps share data with third parties

Experts reveal an industry-wide issue with where and when users of period tracking apps are asked for their permission to share their data.

21 July 2022

ORCHA’s response to the Government’s first ever Women’s Health Strategy, published today

Statement from Liz Ashall-Payne, founding CEO, ORCHA

20 July 2022

ORCHA’s response to the Government’s first digital health and care plan, published today

Statement from Liz Ashall-Payne, founding CEO, ORCHA

29 June 2022

‘Tipping point’ reached as public say they prefer health apps to antidepressants to support mental health conditions

Consumer research published on 9th May 2022 reveals that people aged from 18 to 44 years old would choose digital health to support a mental health condition over and above prescription medication, such as an antidepressant

27 June 2022

Government: 75% of adults to be using NHS App by March 2024. But how is the nation responding to this health revolution at our fingertips?

As the government sets ambitious targets for the use of the NHS App, independent research into the nation’s use of health apps asks, for the first time, whether health apps are actually helping us self-manage our health – and the result is ‘striking’

13 June 2022

Digital Healthy Schools Newsletter – Mental Wellbeing: Outdoor mindfulness

Read our Digital Healthy Schools newsletter for some to learn some mindfulness techniques for the summer ahead.

22 April 2022

Digital Healthy Schools Newsletter – Tips to deal with stress

More than half of young people report often or always feeling anxious - that's the highest level ever recorded. Read our Digital Healthy Schools newsletter for some tips on managing stress.

22 April 2022

Digital Healthy Schools Newsletter – Sleep tips

We all need sleep - and most of us probably need more of it than we're currently getting. So why is it sometimes so difficult to get one of our basic human needs? Read our Digital Healthy Schools newsletter for advice on creating better sleep habits.

22 April 2022

New website provides reliable health apps to Sefton

People in Sefton can now help themselves to live healthier, happier lives using accredited health applications included on sefton.orcha.co.uk. 

08 April 2022

UK’s first digital health training programme for all NHS frontline staff

UK’s first digital health training programme for all NHS frontline staff: the Digital Health Academy, with support from Health Education England, brings a massive boost of digital health skills

23 March 2022

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board to partner with leading digital health app review and distribution company

Patients who are supported by the Wellness Improvement Service (WISE) at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board will soon have personal access to a Digital Healthcare Library.

10 March 2022

ORCHA’s Liz Ashall-Payne named Entrepreneur of the Year at Women in IT Awards

The founding CEO of ORCHA, Liz Ashall-Payne, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Women in IT awards

04 March 2022

ORCHA insights inform Policy Exchange report

ORCHA insights inform Policy Exchange report. The report proposes the need to reform general practice and enable digital healthcare at scale

04 March 2022

Two ICSs set to pilot a new digital health Elective Care Toolkit

Two NHS Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are piloting a new digital health Elective Care Toolkit designed to support overstretched NHS staff

02 February 2022

Yorkshire Smokefree using digital health products to support service delivery

Since introducing Yorkshire Smokefree remote service, 72% of participants remained a non-smoker after 4 weeks when using the remote services

12 January 2022

How a health app became a ‘gamechanger’ in continence services

Professor Nikki Cotterill and Knut Schroeder developed CONfidence, a discrete, informative health app for those experiencing continence issues

09 December 2021

Digital Health Accreditation in the Nordics: A cross-border initiative for integrated digital health provision

N!P is working towards establishing the Nordics to be the first region in the world to establish common cross-border standards

09 December 2021

ORCHA partners with Best For You – transformative mental health care for children and young people

ORCHA is very proud to announce a partnership with Best For You: a new initiative from leading NHS organisations that will transform mental health services for children and young people.

24 November 2021

Barriers and Facilitators to the Adoption of Mobile Health Among Health Care Professionals From the United Kingdom: Discrete Choice Experiment

Despite the increasing availability of mobile health services, clinical engagement and use of health-apps remains minimal. This study aimed to identify and prioritise barriers to and drivers of health app use among health care professionals (HCPs) from the United Kingdom

19 November 2021

The role of health-care providers in mHealth adoption

We interviewed groups of digital health experts, practice nurses, allied health professionals, secondary care doctors, and general practitioners to determine the factors important to health-care providers for considering the recommendation of DHTs to patients

12 November 2021

Effective? Engaging? Secure? Applying the ORCHA-24 framework to evaluate apps for chronic insomnia disorder

In this study we assessed the quality of apps for chronic insomnia disorder, available on the Android Google Play Store, and determine whether a novel approach to app assessment could identify high-quality and low-risk health apps in the absence of indicators such as National Health Service (NHS) approval

09 November 2021

App-based psychological interventions: friend or foe?

Health-apps are one solution the NHS has recommended to fill the gap between patient need and he capacity of incumbent NHS psychological services

01 November 2021

BMJ Open study shows significant & sustained interest in digital health products throughout lockdown

Research scientists led by Simon Leigh, head of research at ORCHA, have examined web-based internet searches for digital health products before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

20 October 2021

On World Mental Health Day, ORCHA reports that the use of mental health apps is still on the rise

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ORCHA’s researchers have been watching trends in the use of digital health for mental health support

08 October 2021

My Life Plan’s experience of the DTAC

MY LIFE PLAN selected ORCHA as its partner for the DTAC. The process took five months and was achieved in a series of steps, with sections submitted and feedback given

07 October 2021

ORCHA reconfigures its services to support developers from start to finish

Developers of digital health products can now have a partner to lead them through every step of the planning, accreditation, certification and distribution process for their innovation

06 October 2021

Get DTAC ready at HETT…and save 10%

To accelerate the adoption of the DTAC across NHS and Social Services, we are offering a 10% discount on ORCHA DTAC reviews booked at HETT

24 September 2021

Seven Integrated Care Systems roll out ORCHA across the South West

Seven Integrated Care Systems roll out ORCHA across the South West. System levels up digital to empower 5.6 million citizens and save 30% in costs

21 September 2021

Join Us at HETT21: You’re invited to the ORCHA Digital Patient Zone – Register Today!

Get DTAC ready, meet top scoring digital health suppliers, hear about our new products and so much more...

09 September 2021

Clear Mind Project: Teen boys help other teens find mental health support

A group of teenage boys are working together to figure out how technology, in the form of health apps, can support their peers through tough times

03 August 2021

How do Digital Health Standards Assess Evidence?

An international snapshot of how evidence is defined around the world

14 July 2021

Digital Health Accreditation in the Netherlands

Improving the lives of those living with a mental health condition

09 July 2021

Patients Seek Digital Health to Reduce Pressure on the NHS

ORCHA commissioned research to ask people in the UK what they think of digital health

05 July 2021

Arab Health 2021

Meet ORCHA's George Kowalski at Arab Health to find out how we can help you to unlock the power of digital health.

16 June 2021

SEHTA 2021 International MedTech Expo & Conference

ORCHA is sponsoring SEHTA, the SME-focused healthcare event for driving collaborations between Business, Care & Clinicians & Academics.

11 June 2021

MedTech Integrates

This one-day gathering of technology, diagnostics, devices and therapeutics organisations, as well as clinicians and regulators, provides a platform to discuss the major challenges impacting the MedTech sector.

09 June 2021

Feeling Good passes the new NHS DTAC

Feeling Good is amongst the first products to become compliant with the new NHS DTAC

07 June 2021

SilverCloud Head of Europe joins ORCHA as MD

Dr Humphreys joins the ORCHA team following a period of accelerated growth for the organisation

04 June 2021

ORCHA’s digital health insights featured in national newspapers

Only around 20% of health and care apps are safe, secure, and meet clinical standards

28 May 2021

Derbyshire Public Health spearheads digital revolution in wellbeing services

Derbyshire County Council has joined forces with ORCHA on an ambitious long-term project to embed the use of health apps and online tools into its services.

13 May 2021

Best-in-Class Apps for London’s Digital Mental Wellbeing Service

Good Thinking, London’s Digital Mental Well-being Service, worked closely with ORCHA to identify the best in class apps.

12 May 2021

Free Webinar: Innovation in today’s mental health services

Hosted by Dr Tony Young, National Clinical Director for Innovation NHS England & Founder of Clinical Entrepreneur Programme.

29 April 2021

King’s Fund: Digital innovations in health and care: looking ahead

Celebrate the new era of digitally enabled care and discuss how we can enhance good outcomes and facilitate progress

20 April 2021

Free Webinar: Digital Health Standards & NHS DTAC

Hosted by Dr Tony Young, National Clinical Director for Innovation NHS England & Founder of Clinical Entrepreneur Programme.

08 April 2021

Digital Health webinar mini-series with ORCHA and Mills & Reeve

We would like to invite you to join Mills & Reeve and ORCHA for three interactive online webinars on health, wellbeing and medical device apps.

06 April 2021

Supporting the digital patient: Latin America

Join us for our latest webinar, which will analyse the current state of the global digital health app and accreditation landscape, with perspectives from colleagues leading the way in Latin America.

06 April 2021

Health apps for cancer services

Join us for our latest webinar, which will cover digital health in cancer services. With guests from the NHS Innovation Accelerator and Macmillan Cancer Support.

31 March 2021

Digital health for cancer services: Report

Find out how digital health can help in cancer services

30 March 2021

Quality Assurance for eMental Health Tools – a European Perspective

How do we reach the population directly and build quality tools into our mental health patient pathways?

30 March 2021

365 days since lockdown

Exploring the milestones in digital health since 16 March 2020.

16 March 2021

How Dorset is Becoming a Digitally Enabled Population

How did Our Dorset establish a ‘digitally-enabled Dorset programme’ to increase the use of technology in the health and care system?

12 March 2021

Join ORCHA at The International Technology Enabled Care Conference 2021

The UK’s Leading Healthtech and Digital Health Event. Live and Online.

01 March 2021

ORCHA features in BBC News article: ‘Most healthcare apps are not up to NHS standards’

Under which criteria do many apps fall down?

19 February 2021

Check your app against the NHS DTAC

What does the DTAC mean for digital health reviews?

17 February 2021

New ORCHA V6 Review Incorporates the Latest Standards

New ORCHA V6 Review incorporates the latest standards. From today, ORCHA Libraries only display Reviews using this new criteria

11 February 2021

Join ORCHA at HETT Reset 2021

Join ORCHA at HETT Reset 2021. The UK’s Leading Healthtech and Digital Health Event. Live and Online.

03 February 2021

COVID-19: Digital Health Trends & 2021 Opportunities Report

What digital health trends emerged in 2020 and what is predicted for 2021?

06 January 2021

Open call for products capable of delivering NHS Digital Health Checks

If you have a product that can help with NHS Digital Health Checks, we want to hear from you!

02 December 2020

Behaviour change: digital health interventions

Our latest news roundup.

25 November 2020

Top 5 actions from the new NICE guidelines

We've summarised the 5 most significant points from this helpful and practical tool for anyone developing, commissioning, or using digital health.

25 November 2020

Staffordshire Public Health Changes Lives with Digital Health

Council services tackle smoking, obesity and diabetes with new engagement tools. What results has the programme seen?

19 November 2020

ORCHA CEO features in UK-Japan Symposium on Data-Driven Health

Read the full write-up of the key messages to emerge from the conference, featuring Liz Ashall-Payne’s insights.

11 November 2020

Join us at Virtual HPN Expo 2020

Join us at Virtual HPN Expo 2020. We are delighted to be a media partner for Virtual HPN Expo 2020. Register to join us at the event.

03 November 2020

On-demand CPD webinar: Augment mental health services with digital health

On-demand CPD webinar: Augment mental health services with digital health.

28 October 2020

Digital Health for Winter Pressures

Our latest insights on how digital health can help...

22 October 2020

American Telemedicine Association partners with ORCHA to launch review process in the U.S.

American Telemedicine Association partners with ORCHA to launch digital health review process in the U.S.

16 October 2020

Digital health and COVID-19: opportunity and threat

How can we overcome the accreditation gap to safely and effectively accelerate the adoption of digital health?

15 October 2020

ORCHA approved as a digital marketplace supplier on the government’s G-Cloud 12

ORCHA’s platforms and services have now been approved on the Government’s Digital Marketplace G-Cloud 12 framework.

05 October 2020

COVID-19: Digital Health Trends Report

Since COVID-19 arrived, there has been a 25% rise...

22 September 2020

mHealth 2030 Report

We ask worldwide leaders from across mHealth: what will...

24 August 2020

The best technology to augment mental health services

The best technology to augment mental health services. Dr Tom Micklewright shares his independent views on mental health apps that achieve good ORCHA Scores.

06 August 2020

ORCHA partners with NHS London Procurement Partnership

Developed in partnership with ORCHA, NHS London Procurement Programme’s Dynamic Procurement System allows NHS organisations to rapidly procure digital health solutions at scale.

16 July 2020

Study ranks what NHS professionals require to adopt digital health

Study ranks what NHS professionals require to adopt digital health. Two barriers to mHealth prescription revealed.

15 July 2020

Best Apps for Helping Self-Management of Diabetes at Home

Dr Micklewright next looks at how the Diabetes Forum app provides a moderated peer-to-peer support network to people with diabetes.

01 July 2020

Task group driving digital health readiness

A new group has been formed to drive forward...

24 June 2020

British Lung Foundation launch technology hub to support people with lung conditions

British Lung Foundation launch technology hub, supporting people with lung conditions to use technology to help manage their condition better at home.

22 June 2020

Best Health Apps for Paediatrics

Best health apps for paediatrics. Dr Tamsin Holland Brown demonstrates and shares her personal views of how these apps can benefit children's health and wellbeing.

18 June 2020

Is Digital Health in your Return to School Plan?

Is Digital Health in your Return to School Plan? An increasing number of schools are using digital health as a proactive measure to support their students' mental and physical health.

04 June 2020

COVID-19 Quarterly Digital Health Trends

We share our data insights from the first quarter...

04 June 2020

COVID-19 App Developers Discover Loophole in App Store Regulations

How have app developers been bypassing app store security?

19 May 2020

A rise in UK health and care services introducing an App Library

As the NHS, social care organisations, and local authorities, continue responding to the COVID-19 crisis, ORCHA is seeing a growing number introducing bespoke App Libraries to help their patients, professionals and service users find the best health and care apps at this time.

06 May 2020

Our vision for the new NHS Digital Health Technology Standard

ORCHA's call to NHSX: Our vision for the new NHS Digital Health Technology Standard replacing the Digital Assessment Questionnaire.

05 May 2020

ORCHA Launches COVID-19 Health App Formulary

ORCHA today launches a COVID-19 health app formulary to help healthcare professionals and consumers know which health apps they can trust.

23 April 2020

Apps for Remote Physiotherapy

Apps for Remote Physiotherapy. Learn more about apps for remote physiotherapy that have scored well in ORCHA's Review.

23 April 2020

Coronavirus: Apps to help the elderly

How can health and care apps keep pressure off...

27 March 2020

Coronavirus: Apps to help children and young people

Coronavirus: Apps to help children and young people. As schools across the UK close to most children, 8.2 million young people will now be kept at home. 

23 March 2020

Coronavirus: Apps to help self-management

Apps to support self-care for all during COVID-19

13 March 2020

NHS LPP adds 5 new categories to Dynamic Purchasing System

Apply now!

11 March 2020

Best health apps for sleep

Top-scoring apps to help patients improve sleeping patterns

04 March 2020

February/March News Digest

February/March ORCHA News Digest. The most significant digital health market developments from the past month.

25 February 2020

March 2020 Digital Health Events

March 2020 digital health events. If you want to attend an event to stay abreast of the market, here are the events we recommend attending.

20 February 2020

How is ORCHA Unlocking the Power of Digital Health?

Want to know more about ORCHA? Watch this two minute video to find out more about how we work with organisations and health bodies worldwide to unlock the power of digital health!

12 February 2020

ORCHA to Sponsor SEHTA’s International MedTech Expo

ORCHA to sponsor SEHTA's International MedTech Expo. Come and join us to meet other like-minded SMEs in digital.

16 January 2020

Global Health App Evaluator, ORCHA, Exhibits Apps Library at Arab Health 2020

Global health app evaluator, ORCHA, exhibits apps library at Arab Health 2020, as part of the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSN).

14 January 2020

3 apps for New Year’s Resolutions

ORCHA tests more apps than anyone else. Here are hree top-scoring apps that will help kick-start New Year's resolutions.

09 January 2020

Guest Article: Important Tips to Help You Care for Your Loved One from Afar

Guest Article: Important Tips to Help You Care for Your Loved One from Afar, Guest Article: Important Tips to Help You Care for Your Loved One from Afar, written by Claire Wentz.

02 January 2020

Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health to Launch Safe mHealth Platform with ORCHA

A digital future in Uganda and across the Commonwealth

09 December 2019

New EU Medical Device Regulations Seminar

New EU Medical Device Regulations seminar with ORCHA and SEHTA. Are you prepared for the changes coming into effect soon?

12 November 2019

Improving Me – Women’s Health Case Study

Improving Me - Women's Health Case Study. Dr Devender Roberts discusses the impact apps can make in the delivery of maternity care

30 October 2019

3 Top Apps for Women’s Health

Take a look at our videos

30 October 2019

ORCHA App Zone showcases the ‘need to know’ health apps

ORCHA curated and hosted an App Zone at HETT19, a conference that unites NHS digital leaders with health technology suppliers.

18 October 2019

Video: NHS London Procurement Partnership launches purchasing system for health apps

Watch the video with NHS LPP

11 October 2019

ORCHA and NeLL: working together on the international development of reliable digital care

Optimally integrating digital healthcare applications into existing healthcare processes

09 October 2019

Applying Solutions to the NHS: An Interview with Liz Ashall-Payne

What is ORCHA's solution to the digital health challenges of awareness, access, trust and governance? An Interview with CEO Liz Ashall-Payne

04 October 2019

NHS London Procurement Partnership invites tenders for health and social care apps

NHS London Procurement Partnership introducing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for mHealth applications, enabling a streamlined and compliant route to market.

01 October 2019

ORCHA at NHS Expo 2019!

ORCHA at NHS Expo 2019! Find us in the AHSN Network Innovation Exchange Zone, where we will demonstrate ORCHA’s Solution for trusted mHealth adoption.

28 August 2019

Blood Pressure Apps Rating Map

Blood pressure apps rating map. ORCHA reviews more than 120 of the market’s most downloaded heart and blood vessels apps.

23 August 2019

3 Apps to Tackle Summer Pressures

ORCHA tests more apps than anyone else. Here are three top-scoring apps that are designed to help people better manage their health in the summer months.

14 August 2019

ORCHA Launches User Experience Project with App Developers

ORCHA has been awarded a grant by Innovate UK, enabling ORCHA to work with app developers and health bodies to develop a new, effective industry standard for measuring User Experience.

07 August 2019

What are ORCHA’s Best Diabetes Apps?

Five top-scoring diabetes apps

31 July 2019

3 Minutes With: Dr Taz Aldawoud

We spoke with Dr Taz Aldawoud, Bradford GP and Clinical Board Member at NHS Bradford Districts CCG, to understand why the CCG is turning to apps and what is important for them.

24 July 2019

3 Minutes With: Rachel Dunscombe

Rachel and her colleague, Jim Ritchie, explain how they led the introduction of health apps at one of NHS England’s global digital exemplars (GDEs).

24 July 2019

ORCHA Approved as a Digital Marketplace Supplier on the Government’s G-Cloud 11

Find out what this means and how to engage

06 July 2019

Our Chapter in SEHTA’s ‘2019 Accessing the NHS Guide’

Advice, understanding and knowledge for health technology SMEs wanting...

27 June 2019

What are the best pregnancy apps?

What are the best pregnancy apps? Want to find the best pregnancy apps but don’t know where to start? ORCHA is your trusted health app guide.

18 June 2019

Important Standards and Regulations for App Developers

Important standards and regulations for app developers. Making staying up to date with the latest app regulations and standards easier for you so that your apps can provide the best customer experience, whilst also meeting the standards required for safe, ethical and high-quality apps.

12 June 2019

Research in npj Digital Medicine journal parallels ORCHA’s vision for validated health apps

Featured in international journal, npj Digital Medicine, a study into digital health validation solutions by American research university, Johns Hopkins University and its affiliates, directly parallels ORCHA’s vision for validated health apps.

06 June 2019

Brian O’Connor Appointed Chair at Health App Watchdog ORCHA

ORCHA, is delighted to announce the appointment of shareholder, director and investor Brian O’Connor as Non Executive Chairman.

05 June 2019

ORCHA Published in The Lancet Digital Health

We are absolutely delighted that this research has been...

03 June 2019

News from ORCHA

News from ORCHA. Here we highlight the most significant market developments and news from over the past month.

30 May 2019

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust on Using Safe Mental Health Apps

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust on using safe mental health apps. Dr Jessica Dean explains the dangers of using untested health apps in mental health

30 May 2019

3 Apps to Improve Men’s Health

3 Apps to improve men's health. Health apps enable men to better understand and take control of their health.

30 May 2019

Hand therapy case study, view from an Occupational Therapist

See how Hannah Silcock and the teams at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust are using mobile health to improve their services in this video case study.

19 May 2019

Connecting the dots in Maternity and Baby Care

ORCHA recently participated in Digital Health Society’s online workshop ‘Connecting the Dots in Maternity and Baby Care’.

09 May 2019

Mersey Care has an App for That

Mersey Care has an app for that. Senior clinicians at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust have partnered with ORCHA, the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications.

01 May 2019

How Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is choosing apps

How Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is choosing apps across its hospital and community services, helping its self-management approach.

29 April 2019

Three prevention apps you should know about

Prevention apps you should know about. Here are three top scoring apps that are designed to help patients avoid critical situations.

29 April 2019

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust case study

See how Bolton Hospital implements ORCHA in their mobile app strategy in this short interview with Cheryl Thompson, CCIO NHS Bolton Trust.

24 April 2019

Digital Healthy Schools Launches Across Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s Schools

Digital Healthy Schools Launches Across Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's Schools after being successfully trialled in schools last year.

07 March 2019

Overcoming OCD – One App at a Time

According to OCD UK, there are an estimated three quarters of a million people suffering from severe, debilitating and life-impacting Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the UK alone.

20 February 2019

NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme Includes ORCHA

Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP)

19 February 2019

Our Top 3 Reproductive Health Apps

Our top reproductive health apps. Here are three apps designed to help people with their reproductive health concerns that achieve high scores.

11 February 2019

NHS Long term plan- What’s the future for Children’s digital health?

NHS Long term plan- What’s the future for Children’s digital health? Plan highlights the importance of innovation and development to improve efficiency in the NHS.

25 January 2019

NHS Long term plan – What 3 things will activate the nation?

The NHS long term plan acknowledges that services must...

21 January 2019

The NHS Long term plan – a new insight into the possible

The NHS Long term plan – a new insight into the possible. The plan highlights the importance of innovation to improve efficiency in the NHS.

18 January 2019

ORCHA’S 12 Apps for Xmas

What better way to enjoy the lead up to the festive season than discovering new ways each day to manage and improve your health through health apps.

12 December 2018

Encouraging Uptake of Health Apps Across the NHS

Encouraging uptake of health apps across the NHS. Eleanor Smith MP chaired a parliamentary roundtable discussion on Tuesday 16 October 2018, supported by Roche Diabetes Care.

06 December 2018

Choose Apps This Winter

Choose apps this winter as the coming months exacerbate conditions and bring additional pressures to NHS services.

05 December 2018

Educating the next generation around health apps

Educating the next generation around health apps. We live in a digital world and none are more digitally savvy than our young people.

30 November 2018

Top 3 Apps for Making Changes Stick

Top 3 apps for making changes stick. Here are three apps that we recommend for the 3-4 million trying to give up smoking.

24 October 2018

NHS Digital enlists ORCHA to help populate App Library

NHS Digital has enlisted the help of a third-party app evaluator to speed up the number of clinically-approved tools available on the NHS Apps Library.

24 September 2018

Bradford and Craven CCGs Promote Mental Wellbeing with Technology

A new mobile app comparison service by NHS Bradford district and Craven CCGs supports people with their mental health and wellbeing.

12 September 2018

ORCHA approved as a Government Supplier on G-Cloud 10

We are delighted to announce that ORCHA services have...

01 August 2018

General Practice safely unlocks the power of health apps

General Practice safely unlocks the power of health apps

25 July 2018

Pupils Put their Mobiles to Good Use

Pupils put their mobiles to good use. Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria has rolled out an education programme, Digital Healthy Schools, for more than one thousand pupils in twenty secondary schools across the region.

18 July 2018

ORCHA Wins Chamber of Commerce Award

We are delighted to announce that Liz Ashall-Payne, CEO, ORCHA, was named Entrepreneur of the Year, in the Halton Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise 2018 Awards.

28 June 2018

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust Eating Disorders Service case study

An amazing case study implementing ORCHA in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust Eating Disorders Service as told by Hannah Wilson.

29 May 2018

Making it even easier to find good health apps.

Home to the world’s only comparison site of health...

29 May 2018

A Digital Supplement for Eating Disorder Service

A digital supplement for Eating Disorder Service. An estimated 89,600 people across Lancashire have an eating disorder and this figure is growing by 7% each year. 

29 May 2018

Two innovative NW health organisations selected for national NHS support

Two innovative health products developed in Merseyside and Cheshire...

27 November 2017

Applying the ORCHA-24 framework to evaluate apps for chronic insomnia disorder

Mobile-health offers many opportunities, however the ‘side-effects’ of health-apps are often unclear. 

14 September 2017

Options available to NHS patients when choosing apps

In a new blog post, Trustech investigate the options available to NHS patients, when looking for the right app to help manage their condition.

25 July 2017

Digital Attitudes Survey North West London

Digital Attitudes Survey with The North West London (NWL) Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and the Healthy London Partnership (HLP).

11 July 2017

What is limiting the potential of health apps?

Liz Ashall-Payne, (our CEO), recently spoke (at the Women...

25 June 2017

Ambiguous advice, questionable quality: How a lack of development & evaluation standards is preventing the potential of health-apps

If you can think of an ailment, concern, or...

06 June 2017

Lost in the maze of Health IT Standards and Regulations?

Lost in the maze of Health IT Standards and Regulations? The world of health IT and app compliance can be an impenetrable and, at times, almost mystical field. 

23 May 2017

A Guide to Apps for the Public and Professionals

A guide to apps for the public and professionals. Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria, including Lancashire County Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council have partnered with ORCHA.

18 May 2017

Thousands sign up for new health app comparison site

Thousands of people in Lancashire and South Cumbria have used a new health and care app comparison site since its launch at the start of the year.

10 May 2017

Welcome to ORCHA, Clive Flashman!

Welcome to ORCHA, Clive Flashman! ORCHA are delighted to introduce and welcome Clive Flashman who is joining ORCHA as Director of Strategy.

10 May 2017

NHS Digital Health and Care Survey London

How we use and interact with technology is improving every day and helping the NHS provide services to you, the patient.

19 April 2017

Health professionals think health apps would really benefit their patients

Health professionals think health apps would really benefit their patients. Liz Ashall-Payne, ORCHA founder, talked exclusively to BJ-HC about the complex process of reviewing apps.

10 March 2017

Recommend an app to a patient? Three things you need to know

Guest article by Dr Sanjeev Maharaj Recommending an app to a patient? Three things GPs who see value in mobile applications need to know.

10 March 2017

Driving mHealth uptake in Lancashire

Driving mHealth uptake in Lancashire. After months of preparation, testing (including with patients and clinicians) and tweaking, the region’s own portal is live and creating a buzz.

07 March 2017

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