ORCHA Your health app finder!

Quiz How many health and care apps are there?

How many downloads of health and care apps are

there each day?

What % of health and care professionals believe health and care apps could improve patients’ health?

Out of every 10 children in the UK, how many own a

Mobile phone?

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ARE HEALTH APPS AND MOBILE HEALTHCARE THE FUTURE?

With over

303,000 health & fitness related apps currently on app stores &

4 MILLION downloads per day it is difficult to deny the rising popularity of the industry

Room for caution…

Some suicide prevention apps found to provide a list of means for instant death…

Similar to the shortcomings of information found on the Internet, information provided by apps is of variable quality

50% of health apps receive LESS THAN 500 downloads… and what users say doesn’t equate to a quality app

Unlike pharmaceuticals & medical devices there exists a considerable absence of information about the risks and side effects of apps

Most apps have a usage drop-off rate of 64% after just one month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igLjli-yl9M&t=18s

VIDEO

Myths – Reviewing and Regulation of mHealth Apps

• There is one best app. • You only need to review an app once. • It’s too difficult to keep up to date with the whole

market place of apps. • Just having a library of reviewed apps will drive

transformation and change. • Every health and care economy or organisation

will want the same.

The Review Process

Scoring and Publication

Driving Transformational Change

Driving Transformational Change via professionals

Pre healthcare Primary care

Welcome letter to service

Assessment session Therapy Review

appointment discharge

See campaign

to local site-

directed to “find an

app”

In the letter a

link to the find an

app portal

Share information and /

or Recommended an

app

Recommended an app for

now and directed

to “find an app” for future

Share any information from apps

used OR be recommend

ed an app by the

professional

Share information and / or recommen

ded an app

When are professionals using the portal??

Pro actively or reactively

recommended an

app

Where is ORCHA Working at the Moment

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