Background: Mobile health apps can facilitate access to effective treatment and therapeutic information services. However, the real-world effectiveness of mobile apps for smoking cessation and their potential impact in everyday settings remain unclear. Objective:…
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The dawn of the digital era has ushered in an unprecedented wave of innovation, particularly in the realm of mental health care. With the increasing prevalence of mental health issues like depression, anxiety, addiction and…
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Once a cancer diagnosis is confirmed, a patient’s life is not only altered but there is a lot to learn as they make care decisions.”For cancer survivors and those managing a recent diagnosis, having…
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Huma, the London-based healthcare technology company, began life in 2011 as a patient monitoring software company and started to build the infrastructure to run its digital health apps. Over the years, it also began…
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Background: Mobile mental health apps (MHealth apps) are a cost-effective option for managing mental health problems, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The efficacy of MHealth apps depend on engagement with the app, but…
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Welcome to the June edition of Digital Health Digest!This month, we're bringing you cutting-edge updates from the digital health world, including breakthroughs in AI for skin cancer detection, direct connectivity of medical devices to…
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California-based virtual healthcare provider HealthTap announced it is now an in-network provider with many major insurance plans, traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.HealthTap provides virtual primary care through the web and health apps, including mental…
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DirectTrust and the Digital Therapeutics Alliance announced this week that they’ll work together on an accreditation program designed to test the efficacy and security of digital-therapeutic apps and platforms.WHY IT MATTERSTogether, two groups will…
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A study from Ulster University School of Computing which analysed 1,500 digital health apps, has concluded that user ratings and download rates are unreliable indicators of their quality.The ‘Don’t judge a book or health…
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Digital mental health technologies (DMHT) should be used as part of a wider treatment package alongside regular therapy sessions and/or prescribed medication, according to patients who took part in research commissioned by the Medicines…
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