Healthcare professionals provide patients with information to support their understanding, informed choices, and management of their condition. However, traditional information channels such as patient leaflets have not fared well in research studies, and many clinicians are now looking to apps as a solution.
There is a clear appetite for healthcare apps, with the market expected to grow to a predicted value of more than $41bn by 2021. With hundreds of thousands of health apps available in App Stores, patients are choosing which apps to download without any guidance, and healthcare professionals have been uncertain about which ones to trust or recommend.
Dr. Tamsin Brown, community pediatrician, clinical entrepreneur, and ORCHA Paediatrics Specialist Lead, explores this demand in-depth and discusses potential solutions, examining the following questions in her latest article:
The images below are taken from the latest British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH) newsletter.
How can HealthTech power the North in a post-COVID world, and how will COVID-19 transform the HealthTech sector?
The UK HealthTech sector is worth £36bn and COVID-19 means it is more than likely to grow. The sector attracted £6.2bn from global VC investors over the last five years and employs 127,400 people, a number which is rising.
How can HealthTech power the North in a post-COVID world, and how will COVID-19 transform the HealthTech sector?
OBI teamed up with award-winning journalist Chris Maguire to hold a roundtable made up of a mix of HealthTech start-ups and more established companies in the sector, to explore these questions and form a picture of the future of HealthTech in the North. ORCHA’s CEO, Liz Ashall-Payne, contributed to the roundtable alongside other leading voices in the industry, to discuss the opportunities facing the HealthTech sector, especially in the North.
Read the full report here.
Since COVID-19 arrived, there has been a 25% rise in health app downloads, from 4 to 5 million every day. But what are the trends behind this headline figure?
Since COVID-19 arrived, there has been a 25% rise in health app downloads, from 4 to 5 million every day. But what are the trends behind this headline figure?
As ORCHA supplies health app libraries to 50% of NHS England regions, we have unique insight into the healthcare concerns of the nation.
Click on the PDF icon below to download the COVID-19: Digital Health Trends Report, where we examine the major increases and decreases in searches since the last quarter, providing an indication of how the demand for healthcare is rapidly changing. Download to discover:
If you are experiencing any issues with downloading the report, or want to know more, please get in touch with us at hello@orchahealth.com.
We ask worldwide leaders from across mHealth: what will the next decade bring?
The last decade saw the start of the smartphone revolution. Ten years ago, the iPhone was just three years old, around a quarter of us owned a smartphone, and the term mHealth was first coined. 2020 sees the start of a new decade where 79% of us own a smartphone, and 100% of those ages 16 to 24 have access to the internet via a smartphone. 327,000 health apps have been created and 5 million health apps are downloaded every day.
But, whilst there has been an explosion within the fitness industry and uptake for GP online services has seen fast growth, mHealth is not yet part of the fabric of the NHS, nor is it widely adopted amongst those who could perhaps benefit the most.
We ask worldwide leaders from across mHealth: what will the next decade bring? What will apps deliver by 2030? What will be the biggest barriers faced by the industry? And what do governments need to do to contribute?
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