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Using apps in clinical practice Important things that you need to know about apps and CE marking April 2015 - Royal College of Physicians

Protecting your patient and yourself Smartphones, tablet computers and websites are widely used by clinicians to support patient care and by patients to inform and help themselves. Apps range from tools that help in diagnosis, staging or treatment (for example, to calculate fluid requirements for burns patients) to the many wellbeing apps that help to manage diet and/or fitness. Many people are excited about using and developing apps to help patients and clinicians ...
PAS 277:2015 Health and wellness apps – Quality criteria across the life cycle – Code of practice

This PAS was sponsored by Innovate UK. Its development was facilitated by BSI Standards Limited and it was published under licence from The British Standards Institution. It came into effect on 30 April 2015. The purpose of this PAS is to develop a set of principles for health and wellness app developers to follow throughout an app project life cycle, so that health care professionals, patients and the public trust their products and services. It has been developed for use in the United Kingdom ...
Five Year Forward View – Important Guidance

Important guidance setting out steps to be taken during 2015/16 to start delivering the NHS Five Year Forward View has recently been published. The Forward View into action: planning for 2015/16 aims to establish a firm foundation for longer term transformation of the NHS. There are a number of significant areas in which our services support delivery of the 2015/16 steps. For example, AHSNs (and, in some parts of the country, Academic Health Science Centres) will partner with statutory, voluntary and private sector organisations to focus on deploying and evaluating the impact of different technologies and innovations working in combination. More details are expected in March 2015 ...
Launch of the NHS Commissioning Assembly Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) Resource for Commissioners

Technologies such as telehealth, telecare, telemedicine, telecoaching and self-care apps have the potential to transform the way people engage in and control their own healthcare, empowering them to manage it in a way that is right for them. The Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) Resource for Commissioners has been developed by NHS commissioners, supported by the NHS Commissioning Assembly Quality Working Group, to help maximise the value of technology enabled care services for patients, carers, commissioners and the whole health economy. This resource raises awareness of how the wide range of TECS can support commissioning intentions and benefit patients, commissioners, families, health and social care professionals and provider managers. It also addresses the demand from commissioners for information on how to commission, procure, implement and evaluate these types of solutions effectively ...
The Forward View Into Action: Planning For 2015/16

NHS England’s approach to partnership and planning for 2015/16. This document describes the approach for national and local organisations to make a start in 2015/16 towards fulfilling the vision set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View, whilst at the same time delivering the high quality, timely care that the people of England expect today. The NHS continues to provide a high standard of care for our country’s growing population and ageing population - but demand is rising and services are under pressure. The NHS has received an increased financial settlement next year, which will help in managing current pressures and kick start the new ways of providing care as signalled in the Forward View. However, the challenge for NHS staff and leaders of delivering high quality care within the available resources is as great as it has ever been ...