Bringing together patients' perspectives on eHealth and mHealth
The Кожа (Skin) not for profit group in Bulgaria works primarily as a campaigning and advocacy group for people with mental illness. For a country of nearly 7 million people, the group calculates that there are only around 500 psychiatrists. One part of their site therefore …
As each month passes, we get a widening picture of emerging symptoms of `long COVID’. Gradually, long Covid communities are beginning to appear worldwide, particularly informally on social media. However, the clusters of symptoms can be diverse. So established groups are steppi ng up to …
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 …
Patient groups supporting app reviews and recommendations… The founding principle of myhealthapps.net is that patient groups understand best what patients need from apps. So, we have always advocated that patient groups curate up-to-date reviews and recommendations for apps on their own websites. In this blog, …
Patient Group Uses App As Reward For Action – National Alliance of Mental Illness The US patient group, National Alliance of Mental Illness, launched a free app to attract and reward people for support for their ongoing campaign against mental health stigma. The patient group used …
Mental health apps increase users’ motivation, confidence and control Recent research by Brigham Young University (BYU), USA, found that 90% of users of mental health apps and emotional health apps reported the following; “increased motivation, desire to set goals, confidence, control, and intentions to be mentally …
Mental health patient groups least effective at providing services to patients. Mental health patient groups were the least effective type of patient group at providing services to patients. They dropped from 5th to 10th place (out of 11), according to research carried out by PatientView …
Mental health patient groups must boost their digital capacity, patient alliance survey finds – GAMIAN-Europe A recent survey carried out by GAMIAN-Europe (Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks-Europe) among its member organisations revealed that over half spend less than 10% of their annual budget on …