The Inspire Women Awards, now in its fifth year, celebrate inspirational women in wider Bolton, Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
We are delighted to announce that our CEO, Liz Ashall-Payne, has been selected as a Women in Technology FINALIST for the Inspire Awards 2019!
The Inspire Women Awards, now in its fifth year, celebrate inspirational women in wider Bolton, Greater Manchester and Lancashire. The awards showcase a diverse community of women who have achieved outstanding accomplishments in a variety of sectors through courage, kindness and transformation.
The final round of judging will take place in May, with the winners revealed at the Inspire Women Awards Ceremony on 22nd June 2019, in Bolton. To find out more and purchase tickets, please click here.
As the provider of the world’s biggest health app library and the trusted source for health app advice, ORCHA is rapidly transforming the digital health landscape.
On Wednesday 10th April, ORCHA’s Clinical Implementation Manager, Lisa Simmons, will be speaking at BusinessCloud’s Best of North West Tech event in Manchester. The event will cover a range of issues facing North West tech firms, from the challenges of launching a start-up, to recruiting, investment, and the impact of Brexit.
Sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank in association with Harper James, an award-winning web design agency, BusinessCloud’s event aims to highlight the growth and success of the North West tech sector’s established digital community.
As the provider of the world’s biggest health app library and the trusted source for health app advice, ORCHA is rapidly transforming the digital health landscape. This makes ORCHA a key contributor to the North West’s expanding tech sector, and we are excited to share our experiences at BusinessCloud’s upcoming event.
To book your free tickets for Best of North West Tech, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/best-of-north-west-tech-tickets-56399524496
ORCHA is sponsoring the Royal Society of Medicine’s ‘Medical Apps: Mainstreaming Innovation’ event on Thursday 4th April 2019.
ORCHA is sponsoring the Royal Society of Medicine’s ‘Medical Apps: Mainstreaming Innovation’ event on Thursday 4th April 2019. The event will examine the growing role that apps play in healthcare delivery, and the constantly changing regulatory landscape of health apps. This is something we at ORCHA are very passionate about. Whether we are reviewing an app to increase accessibility and trust for consumers, advising app developers on the nuances of app regulation, or providing digital health solutions to CCGs, Local Authorities and healthcare professionals, ORCHA is at the forefront of mHealth adoption in improving health outcomes.
With event speakers including the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, and a number of medical start-ups who will be showcasing the transformative effects of new technologies, ORCHA is delighted to be supporting the Royal Society of Medicine. ‘Medical Apps: Mainstreaming Innovation’ promises to be an exciting event, covering a range of topics:
The Royal Society of Medicine is one of the UK’s major providers of postgraduate medical education, aiming to advance health by becoming a trusted voice in healthcare education and innovation. The RSM exchanges information and ideas on the science, practice and organisation of medicine. This motivation to increase knowledge and trust in the healthcare industry directly aligns with ORCHA’s continual determination to make digital healthcare accessible to everyone. By increasing access to health apps, building awareness of their benefits, and facilitating trust amidst the complex data privacy landscape, ORCHA empowers people and professionals to embrace digital health.
Click here to read more about the RSM’s upcoming event and to buy tickets.
Read on for an insight into the landscape of digital health, and watch Liz’s interview with Health Tech Digital below to find out more.
Earlier this week, ORCHA was delighted to be part of Health Tech Digital’s digital transformation series. Our CEO, Liz Ashall-Payne, discussed the benefits of choosing the right healthcare app, how to find the best apps for individual health needs, and how digital healthcare can be incorporated into care pathways by health professionals. Read on for an insight into the landscape of digital health, and watch Liz’s interview with Health Tech Digital below to find out more.
Here at ORCHA, we aim to help activate patients, professionals and populations to find the best health apps, in order to achieve better health outcomes. With over 327,000 health apps to choose from, empowering people and professionals to know which apps are safe and trustworthy is essential. This presents a challenge which ORCHA breaks through by increasing awareness of and access to apps, fostering trust for consumers and professionals, and providing a way in which to regulate the vast array of health apps on offer. Our App Finder scores health apps according to their Data and Security, Clinical Assurance and User Experience, thus empowering users to discover the best apps for their own, personal needs.
In recent years, the huge surge in smartphone use and increased engagement with digital health has indicated that people are ready to take the opportunities offered by mHealth. Further to the large quantity of health apps on the market, five million people download a health app every day, with over 90% of health professionals thinking that apps could help their patients. As such, it is clear that digital health solutions are becoming more embedded in everyday life and health practice.
The challenge remains, however, that both consumers, and the healthcare industry, need to change the way they fundamentally think about health. Digital healthcare demands a focus on health, as opposed to ill health. Could it be, then, that the barrier to healthcare adoption is the ability to change the cultural mindset surrounding health, rather than the technology itself?
Our interview with Health Tech Digital raises the question of how to embed apps into health pathways. Liz emphasises that, whilst there is an app for almost any condition, the crucial factor is empowering consumers to use good, safe, trustworthy health apps. As consumers’ expectations are constantly changing, there is an onus on industry to adapt to the needs and wants of the end user, as well as to realise that one app does not fit all.
Health apps are infinitely useful as education tools, allowing users to obtain medical information and monitor trends to track individual progress or manage a condition. It is important, therefore, that they are integrated into health pathways in such a way that provides the most effective care for patients. So, as Liz proposes below to anyone thinking about using digital health: the landscape of health apps should be embraced, and we shouldn’t be afraid to start the journey of using these technologies. The introduction of digital health may not be perfect the first time, but its potential to yield so many otherwise undiscovered benefits for healthcare providers and consumers alike surely makes any challenges worthwhile.
Watch Liz’s interview with Health Tech Digital below. You can also download our Digital Health Checklist here.