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European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

20 June 2019

A new CEN Technical Specification for ‘Quality and Reliability of Health and Wellness Apps’ is being developed at the request and with the support of the European Commission. It is due to be completed in 2020. It will help to establish a common framework across Europe for the evaluation of these apps, giving users and health professionals confidence that the apps are fit for purpose, and providing app developers easier access to European markets.

Express Scripts Creates a Digital Health Formulary

Express Scripts Creates a Digital Health Formulary

Efforts to increase provider and patient safety

21 May 2019
Express Scripts is introducing what they propose is the industry’s first, stand-alone digital health formulary. Identifying that there are more than 300,000 health applications in the market, it is...
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FDA Warns People with Diabetes and Health Care Providers...

FDA Warns People with Diabetes and Health Care Providers...

An FDA Safety Communication

21 May 2019
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning health care providers and people with diabetes of risks associated with use of devices for diabetes management unauthorized for sale in the U.S., whether used...
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3.4.10 Audit

3.4.10 Audit

Auditing methods for consumer health apps

10 January 2019
This category is about auditing, which is a mechanism for user and system accountability. Important events, such as logins and access to particular functions and data, are recorded and can be used to detect instances...
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3.5 App Service Termination

3.5 App Service Termination

Health App Account Closure Practices

10 January 2019
Health apps may be used indefinitely or for a finite period of time. Disuse may happen when a health condition improves, a new health habit is established, when motivation to use the app wanes, or when the user...
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