In this webinar, Dr Sam Shah, FDSRCS, Chief Clinical Digital Advisor, ORCHA, will be joined by Ellie Bryant, Senior Innovation Consultant, Macmillan Cancer Support; Amanda Begley, co-founder and National Director for the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) and Director of Innovation and Implementation, UCL Partners and Dr Tom Micklewright, MBBS, MRCGP.
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During the webinar, we will discuss:
There will also be time for a Q&A session with the panelists.
This webinar will be recorded. All registrants will receive a copy of the slides and the recording following the webinar, along with key resources.
Read our latest report, Digital Health for Cancer Services, here.
About ORCHA
Founded by NHS clinicians, ORCHA is the world’s leading digital health evaluation and distribution organisation. We provide services to national health bodies across three continents, including the NHS in 50% of UK regions, delivering national accreditation frameworks, bespoke Digital Health Libraries, and professional recommendation tools, specific to the needs of our clients. ORCHA’s unique Review Engine assesses digital health solutions against more than 300 measures across Clinical/Professional Assurance, Data & Privacy, and Usability & Accessibility, plus additional criteria depending on needs.
See how ORCHA works
Discover how our services, including Reviews, Digital Health Libraries, and market intelligence reports, can work for your specific needs.
Search ORCHA’s App Library, featuring thousands of independent app reviews across a broad spectrum of health conditions. Every app is evaluated against more than 300 measures across Clinical/Professional Assurance, Data & Privacy, and Usability & Accessibility, making it easy for you to find the best apps for your needs.
A reported 40,000 fewer people started cancer treatment in 2020 due to COVID-19. As a result, for years to come, cancer services will need to diagnose and treat substantially more people, with many requiring urgent care.
Throughout the pandemic NHS teams adopted new technologies to ensure as many patients as possible could get the care they need. Digital health offers a wealth of features such as patient reported outcome collection, remote monitoring and self-management in real time. There is growing evidence of the benefit to integrating digital into routine supportive care in oncology practice to provide improved patient-centered care. So to extend support again now, digital health should continue to be part of the solution.
ORCHA helps NHS services and leading cancer charities to make informed decisions on digital health, ensuring vital standards are met.
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If you are experiencing any issues with downloading the report, or want to know more, please get in touch with us at hello@orcha.co.uk or on +44 (0) 1925 606542
You are invited to join a Webinar:
Quality Assurance for eMental Health Tools – a European Perspective
Hosted by the eMental Health International Collaborative (eMHIC)
This session will analyse the current digital mental health landscape with a focus on the quality of eMental Health tools ranging from promotion, prevention, well-being, self-help and self-management treatment solution options.
Experts from Sweden, Netherlands and the UK will discuss how to quality assess digital mental health tools and make them available for use. They will explore the question: “How do we reach the population directly and build quality tools into our mental health patient pathways?”
Hear what these leading European industry experts are saying about eMental Health accreditation and standards, then join the lively discussion:
Register now for this free virtual event!
Webinar details:
Topic: Quality Assurance for eMental Health – a European Perspective
Date: Thursday, 15 April 2021
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM BST (UTC+1)
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/quality-assurance-for-emental-health-a-european-perspective-tickets-145356369815
About ORCHA
Founded by NHS clinicians, ORCHA is the world’s leading digital health evaluation and distribution organisation. We provide services to national health bodies across three continents, including the NHS in 50% of UK regions, delivering national accreditation frameworks, bespoke Digital Health Libraries, and professional recommendation tools, specific to the needs of our clients. ORCHA’s unique Review Engine assesses digital health solutions against more than 300 measures across Clinical/Professional Assurance, Data & Privacy, and Usability & Accessibility, plus additional criteria depending on needs.
See how ORCHA works
Discover how our services, including Reviews, Digital Health Libraries, and market intelligence reports, can work for your specific needs.
Search ORCHA’s App Library, featuring thousands of independent app reviews across a broad spectrum of health conditions. Every app is evaluated against more than 300 measures across Clinical/Professional Assurance, Data & Privacy, and Usability & Accessibility, making it easy for you to find the best apps for your needs.
“Now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact and travel.” The year that followed the Prime Minister’s decision to place the UK in lockdown measures has transformed the role of digital health in our lives and NHS services.
There has been an explosion in the demand for digital health. Five million health apps are downloaded every day. But as 80% do not meet NHS standards, over the past 12 months around 1.5bn apps that do not meet standards have been downloaded.
The past year has also seen the rapid launch of new apps and the advancement of much needed tools, especially when remote care was needed. For example, there are now more than 750 apps to help inform, track or gather COVID-19 data,1 more than 858,000 people downloaded the Couch to 5K app in 2Q20 – a 92% increase over 2019.2 The world’s 10 largest English-language mental wellness apps saw 10 million downloads in April 2020,3 and who didn’t appreciate Matthew McConaughey and Harry Styles’ collaboration with the Calm meditation app?
To help people access safe and reliable apps remotely, within 38 days from lockdown, ORCHA launched its free COVID-19 App Library available to all NHS and care staff. The NHS also rapidly stepped in to embed safe app libraries into services. An ORCHA App Library was part of the national COVID-19 response in Northern Ireland, bespoke libraries were also launched by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the British Dietetic Society for their members. CCGs and Trusts in 70% of NHS regions now have an ORCHA app library in place, making safe and effective health apps easy to find.
Commenting on Northern Ireland’s app library, Robin Swann, Health Minister, Northern Ireland announced in March:
“We are now able to support people to look after their mental health and this app library provides a one stop shop where the public can access safe and secure apps to help them during the pandemic.”
Cathy Connolly, CEO, Care Merseyside recently reported:
“Apps have been a lifeline to the people we support, particularly during COVID-19. Apps have given the charity a different way we can provide support to people. It has enabled us to give help to people with a wide range of challenges, recommending apps such as Sidekick to help with weight management to Sleepio, to help people to sleep better.”
As we look forward to a return to life outside of lockdown restrictions, we hope that not everything returns to pre-COVID. We hope that:
We look forward to the next 365 days.
Sources:
(1) https://orchahealth.com/health-apps-for-long-covid-self-management-report/
(3) https://sensortower.com/blog/top-mental-wellness-apps-april-2020-downloads
