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At Myhealthapps.net we believe that patient groups can be a trusted source of expert user reviews of apps and we look for examples of groups curating app libraries well. Here we look at two contrasting patient communities, for their overviews on renal apps and apps …
Retiring gracefully – Swedish patient group ends app as state steps in. It can be hard for patient groups to know why, when and how to withdraw an app. Ideally, this can happen when the gap it originally addressed is now covered elsewhere. An ongoing …
Calm Harm App It’s highly challenging for small health charities and patient groups to get their apps noticed. Stem4, a UK-based mental health charity for teenagers, has gained large numbers of users for its apps. Looking at the websites supporting its anxiety and self-harm apps, …
At myhealthapps.net, we’ve always argued that patient groups and patients are the best at evaluating the relevance and usefulness of apps. But we’ve also recognised the importance of bringing together all the key stakeholders, including clinicians and developers, and worked to make this happen. MindApps …
When at PatientView/myhealthapps we brought clinicians, developers and patients together to identify unmet needs from apps, we knew that getting the right people in the room was key. The same is true of every hackathon and game jam, pooling talents to create a game or …
Some of the biggest brands like Netflix, Spotify and Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite, appear at various stages of divorce from app stores – setting up ways to download their apps directly. They have a clear motivation, with Apple and Google app stores cited …
150 health apps certified The Belgian healthcare research and content provider company HealthSkouts maintains a library of links to medical apps certified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or given a CE mark in the European Union. At the time of writing, there …
Patient group supports Parkinson’s app Researchers were quick to realise the potential of using Smartphone functionality to gain greater insights into the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. For example, it’s nearly three years since the launch of the mPower app which gathers data from Parkinson’s patients …
Patient charities and organisations grow and develop You don’t often find books from patient charities and organisations about how they grow and develop. Victoria Jackson co-founded the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation in 2008 when her daughter was first diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO), a rare, life-threatening …
Patient organisations reviewing apps We set up myhealthapps.net in the belief that patient groups know best what their members need most from apps. So, we’ve always been encouraged when patient groups, patient advocacy groups and other not-for-profit patient charities review or recommended apps. Autism apps: …