The NHS (UK) Has A Serious Attempt At Assessing The Effectiveness and Value Of Digital Health Technologies (DHT).

I was alerted to this a few days ago and believe it is worth passing on.Evidence standards framework for digital health technologiesAs digital health technologies develop at an increasing pace, we've worked with partners to develop standards that ensure new technologies are clinically effective and offer economic value.The aim of the standards is to make it easier for innovators and commissioners to understand what good levels of evidence for digital healthcare technologies look like, while meeting the needs of the health and care system, patients, and users.We created the standards as part of a working group led by NHS England. The group also includes:Public Health EnglandMedCityDigitalHealth.London. The standardsDownload the evidence standards framework for digital health technologies (PDF)The evidence standards framework is made up of:effectiveness standardseconomic impact standards.The framework supports the relevant principles of the Department of Health and Social Care... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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