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Therapy App “Innovation” – Research into Mental Health Apps, Part I

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Therapy apps have grown in popularity in recent years as a method for consumers to get inexpensive mental health support from the comfort of their own homes. Evidence-based apps must have substantial research to legitimately identify themselves as evidence-based.

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Ways mHealth can help GPs manage Patient needs in a lockdown

mHealth Insight

This fascinating Twitter thread by NHS GP Dr Renee Hoenderkamp reminded me how how poorly the RCGP has prepared GPs to manage care in 2020 and got me thinking of specific practical ways that mHealth can meet care needs in these exceptional times (if you have any suggestions please add them below in the comments): “1.

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The Growth of Emerging Consumer Electronics Categories Adds to Digital Health Platforms

Health Populi

CTA is annual convener of CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics meet-up.]. and in-vehicle technology — all of which can support health and medical applications beyond commoditized activity tracking devices. Consumer Technology Sales and Forecasts, July 2019 , from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

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The Digital Tools Creating Scalable Access To Psychotherapy

Waracle

Globally, the pandemic is increasing demand for mental health services, whilst in Scotland, the Scottish Ambulance Service noted that whilst all other 999 calls were down year on year for January, mental health crisis calls were up 9%. Samaritans , a mental health charity, fielded 1.7

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Consumers Focus on Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is Self-Care a New Normal?

Health Populi

Growing downloads and use of fitness and health apps, more workouts at home via fitness portals and online gym offerings, and mental health programs like Headspace and Calm have grown in the COVID-19 pandemic. ” As more consumers have set up home office spaces and digital capabilities to engage in Zoom meetings, et.

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Healthcare Just Got SMAC’ed – Accenture’s Post-Digital Era for Health

Health Populi

As an example of this trend, Accenture points to Mindstrong which leverages AI and machine learning to divine digital phenotypes of consumers-patients that inform mental health support. We live on-demand lives in daily life-flows and tasks, so people expect that experience and service level in health care.

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mHealth guide to Mobile World Congress 2019

mHealth Insight

Last year mHealth fell off the radar for the GSMA and there was no mHealth content at the world’s biggest mobile industry conference and exhibition (held annually in Barcelona – [link]. Join us and meet the IoT innovators the world will talk about. health system alone through the use of virtual healthcare tools.

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