Tag: Health apps
Smartphone Apps for Cardiovascular and Mental Health Care: Digital Cross-Sectional Analysis
Background: The rapidly expanding digital health landscape offers innovative opportunities for improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes; however, regulatory and clinical frameworks for evaluating their key features, effectiveness, and outcomes are lacking. Cardiovascular and…
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Cassidy Proposes Wearable Health Data Protections
The Privacy Gap in Wearable Technology
Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., is leading a crucial effort to strengthen privacy protections for health information collected through wearable devices and mobile health applications. As chair of the Senate…
DHSC launches call for evidence on 10 year workforce plan
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a call for evidence to contribute towards the forthcoming NHS 10 year workforce plan, including evidence of new digital initiatives.
Digital Health News exclusively reported…
Evaluating Characteristics and Quality of Mental Health Apps Available in App Stores for Indian Users: Systematic App Search and Review
Background: The mental health app sector in India is expanding rapidly, driven by increasing smartphone usage, growing internet penetration, the popularity of digital initiatives, and heightened recognition of mental health challenges in public discourse….
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Identifying and Evaluating Mobile and Web Apps for Patients to Manage Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Systematic Search in App Stores and Content Analysis
Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by painful, disfiguring, inflammatory lesions such as nodules, abscesses and fistulas in intertriginous sites. It significantly impacts patients’ quality of life. Early diagnosis…
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Evaluation of the NHS active 10 walking app intervention through time-series analysis in 201,688 individuals
Despite widespread interest in integrating mobile health apps into primary care to prevent and manage physical inactivity-related health conditions, the effectiveness of these apps remains unclear. We quantified the effects of Active 10 (a…
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Grouping Digital Health Apps Based on Their Quality and User Ratings Using K-Medoids Clustering: Cross-Sectional Study
Background: Digital health apps allow for proactive rather than reactive healthcare and have the potential to take the pressure off healthcare providers. With over 350,000 digital health apps available on the app stores today,…
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Transdiagnostic-focused apps for depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis
Mental health apps that adopt a transdiagnostic approach to addressing depression and anxiety are emerging, yet a synthesis of their evidence-base is missing. This meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy of transdiagnostic-focused apps for depression and…
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