Evaluation of mHealth Apps; Interoperability; CBT Apps
Instructor: Karim Keshavjee
CEO, InfoClin; Medical Director, Aerus Technologies; Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
Rigorous Evaluation of mHealth Apps for Clinical Use
To gain widespread adoption, mhealth apps need to generate rigorous and credible evidence. However, mHealth app development moves rapidly and current approaches used for rigorous testing of medical technologies are inadequate for testing mhealth apps. Technology changes multiple times before the clinical trial is even over. Learn how novel statistical and clinical trial methodologies can be used to rigorously evaluate mhealth apps.
Who Should Attend: app developers, app evaluators, policy makers, clinical trialists and healthcare professionals in a clinical setting
Re-Architecting Interoperability
Interoperability continues to be the Holy Grail of health care: widely sought, frequently sighted, but always elusive. Why? Our analysis indicates that general interoperability is difficult to achieve, while specific instances of interoperability seem to provide enough value that hope for a general solution remains high. This session analyzes the reasons why specific interoperabilty succeeds and general interoperability fails and provides some guidance on how to structure interoperability projects, policies and technologies in ways that allow faster progress in achieving interoperability.
Who Should Attend: policy makers, healthcare professionals working in interoperability, healthcare & IT professionals
Review of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy mHealth Apps in App Stores
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based therapeutic approach used to treat psychological distress and a variety of mental disorders. CBT has even proven to be more effective than antidepressants when used for the treatment of depression in adults. Internet-based CBT (iCBT) has also proven to be effective in treating depression. However, mHealth app based CBT is still unproven. This session will present a review of 35 apps in the Google and iTunes stores and provide guidance on how to develop and test CBT apps that are likely to work and add value to the health care system.
Who Should Attend: app developers, psychologists, social workers, GP psychotherapists & healthcare professionals working in related field
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