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

19 February 2021

We were delighted to feature in Zoe Kleinman’s recent BBC News article, which discussed the proportion of healthcare apps that are not up to relevant standards.

With approximately 370,000 health and care apps available online, it can be difficult to sort those that can be trusted as safe to use, from those that may potentially be harmful. ORCHA’s independent Review evaluates digital health solutions against 350+ criteria to determine their quality assurance.

Which apps offer complex support without visible input from professionals?

Under which criteria do many apps fall down?

The article also discusses the difficulties developers can have in knowing which regulations their product needs to meet.

Read the full article on the BBC News website to learn more.

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The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) Unveils Badge Recognition for Mental Health App Developers

The first cohort of mental health apps assessed with the MHCC Assessment Framework for Mental Health Apps will now carry a distinct badge symbolizing their achievement for meeting high standards of data, privacy, clinical evidence, usability, accessibility and cultural safety.

Senior Digital Health Assessor & Domain Lead, Justine Coburn, and her experience with the fantastic Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

Let’s hear from Justine about her experience with Dexcoms Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems… Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to test some of Dexcom’s Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGM) as part of my work assessing the functionality, clinical assurance, data privacy and usability & accessibility of digital health technologies.

Liverpool Media Academy have become thought leaders in promoting digital health tools to support their students.

The LMA student app library , first launched in 2020 helping students across their two sites in Liverpool and London to search for and find, safe health apps according to their health needs.

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