DG CONNECT webinar on mhealthTuesday 24 June 2014

Alexandra WykePatientView myhealthapps.net

my healthapps.net seeking to improve transparency … … supporting the public and patients in finding reliable and useful health apps

Email: alexwyke@patient-view.com

DG CONNECT webinar on mhealthTuesday 24 June 2014

Promoting useful and reliable health apps: the contribution of myhealthapps.net

“Ensuring that health and well-being apps are safe for consumers”

Implications for the April 2014Green Paper on mHealth

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my healthapps.net: seeking to improve transparency … … supporting the public and patients in finding reliable and useful health apps

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myhealthapps.net combines two phenomena to promote the self-management of health and healthcare with the support of health apps

m-Health technology Patient empowerment

The apps on my myhealthapps.net …

•Have been nominated as “favourite” by patient groups and empowered consumers

•Are extensively described to increase the transparency of each app (including the funding, the companies/people, and the research behind each app)

•Are rated according to their usefulness to the public and patients (the myhealthapps.net scale was created after consultation with the public and patients)

•Are identified as safe and trustworthy if approved by regulators (such as the FDA) or healthcare organisations (such as the UK’s NHS Library of Health Apps), or if created with input from appropriate healthcare professionals

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In partnership with European Health Forum Gastein, GSK, Janssen, Novo Nordisk, O2/Telefonica, and the Vodafone Foundation and in conjunction with NHS England, Knowledge Transfer Network (UK Government), and Mobile World Capital (tbc)

• take exercise• have a social life• get enough sleep• cope with stress well• eat a healthy diet• or look for health

information online

Health apps and similar tools are important because:Less than halfof patients with a long-term illness …

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Highlightsof an April 2014 EU-widepilot study of the opinions of patients with long-term conditions (and their carers)

Apps can promote self-care, providing round-the-clock support to the public and patients, when and where they need it

Health apps and similar tools are important because:

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● 40% of patients

● 30% of carers

would like to communicate with doctors online

… but do not

● 50% of patients

● 40% of carers

would like to look at medical records online

… but do not

● 40% of patients

● 31% of carers

would like to receive online counselling and support

… but do not

● 43% of patients

● 50% of carers

find it difficult to take actionon self-care

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Implications for the Green Paper on mHealth—the perspectives of patients and carers