Apps On "Prescription" From Your GP (in the near future) [from Medical News Today]
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JaniceFlahiff
Feb 22, 2012, 8:59:40 AM2/22/12
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241996.php
Excerpts:
General practitioners in the UK could soon be "prescribing" cheap or
free smartphone apps to help their patients manage their health and
medical conditions, according to news released on Wednesday by the
Department of Health...
....The idea is to make it easy and convenient for patients to access
information and services from the NHS, manage conditions more
effectively, and improve their lifestyle choices....
...NHS Choices (http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx) the government
website for information on health and local services received 14.5
million visitors last month. Many of these got the information and
advice they needed without having to go and see their GP. This saves
costs.
A study published in April last year showed that 27% of people who
visited NHS Choices went to their GP less often because of the help
they got from the website.....
...
The announcement follows a call by the Department of Health to find
the best new and existing smartphone apps for health care management:
there were over 500 entries and over 12,600 votes and comments.
Among the most popular app suggestions are those that help people:
--Manage diabetes and other long-term conditions,
--Find practical advice on how to keep fit and follow a healthy diet,
--Deal with post traumatic stress,
--Locate NHS services on a map, and
--Track their blood pressure and similar measures....
..."Innovation and technology can revolutionise the health service,
and we are looking at how the NHS can use these apps for the benefit
of patients, including how GPs could offer them for free," he added.
This Spring, the government is publishing its Information Strategy,
that will reveal how all this will work......
...For further information on the apps competition, ideas, votes and
comments, visit the DOH's Your Ideas website.
http://mapsandapps.dh.gov.uk/your-ideas/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241996.php
Excerpts:
General practitioners in the UK could soon be "prescribing" cheap or
free smartphone apps to help their patients manage their health and
medical conditions, according to news released on Wednesday by the
Department of Health...
....The idea is to make it easy and convenient for patients to access
information and services from the NHS, manage conditions more
effectively, and improve their lifestyle choices....
...NHS Choices (http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx) the government
website for information on health and local services received 14.5
million visitors last month. Many of these got the information and
advice they needed without having to go and see their GP. This saves
costs.
A study published in April last year showed that 27% of people who
visited NHS Choices went to their GP less often because of the help
they got from the website.....
...
The announcement follows a call by the Department of Health to find
the best new and existing smartphone apps for health care management:
there were over 500 entries and over 12,600 votes and comments.
Among the most popular app suggestions are those that help people:
--Manage diabetes and other long-term conditions,
--Find practical advice on how to keep fit and follow a healthy diet,
--Deal with post traumatic stress,
--Locate NHS services on a map, and
--Track their blood pressure and similar measures....
..."Innovation and technology can revolutionise the health service,
and we are looking at how the NHS can use these apps for the benefit
of patients, including how GPs could offer them for free," he added.
This Spring, the government is publishing its Information Strategy,
that will reveal how all this will work......
...For further information on the apps competition, ideas, votes and
comments, visit the DOH's Your Ideas website.
http://mapsandapps.dh.gov.uk/your-ideas/
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