Bringing together patients' perspectives on eHealth and mHealth
Why should patient groups, anywhere, care about the UK’s latest app assessment framework? Although the UK NHS has historically had some challenges in assessing and reviewing apps, the latest app assessment framework to emerge is worth a look. Why does evaluation matter to patient groups …
Who can help the helplines? Our sister organisation PatientView, is currently seeking the views of patient groups worldwide on the impact of COVID-19 on how they operate, and how they are adapting to the new environment. Helplines are often a core activity of groups, and …
Around two years ago, I happened to be waiting in an out-patient department during a ransomware attack on the UK NHS. In this case, the UK’s over-dependence on paper-based patient records paid off. Even so, staff being locked out of all systems, including appointments, caused …
Guest contributor Damien Gruson, Coordinator, City-Labs Project, says trust and education are essential if AI is to transform healthcare. Artificial intelligence to transform healthcare – are we ready for health 2.0? With a market projected to reach $70 billion by 2020, AI is dominating the …
BEST DATA PROTECTION PRACTICE For many European patient groups and organisations, understanding their obligations under the European Union General Data Protection Regulation can be challenging. Touching all patient group activities from creating apps, to holding individual’s data, to clinical research and registries, the Regulation will …
DeepMind, the Royal Free and the ruling Let’s being with The UK Information Commissioner’s Office. They ruled that the patient data sharing agreement between the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Google DeepMind was non-compliant with data protection law in a number of areas. …