In this series of 8 short videos; Liz Ashall Payne; CEO; ORCHA; discuss the ORCHA digital health academy; and covers key concepts; challenges and opportunities. Within the module we look at the current digital health landscape; including key statistics for health apps and mobile healthcare. Other topics include uptake of digital health tools by health and care professionals; the main barriers to using and adopting digital health apps; the effect of COVID-19 on digital health adoption and key case studies. Crucially we will examine regulations in this space; and how assessment and accreditation processes can help to overcome some of the challenges associated with digital health tools.
ORCHA is the World’s leading health app evaluation and advisor organisation. We help governments, health and social care organisations to choose and deliver health apps that will safely make the biggest impact in terms of improving outcomes. Our tools help health professionals to prescribe and monitor usage of health apps. They’re proven to increase take-up and self-management of conditions.
Passionate about good apps, we provide a range of services to help app developers create better apps, and once great, get spotted by the people that matter.
This breakthrough approach to monitoring the market for new apps, evaluation and community adoption has won awards. We conduct reviews for NHS Digital and NHS England is accelerating the uptake of our service across the NHS, placing ORCHA in its National Innovation Accelerator Programme.
