Find your way through the jungle of health apps

Helsenorge.no is a safe app store for residents and healthcare personnel. Apps have been through a security check and must satisfy requirements for healthcare quality.

Both as healthcare personnel and citizens, you are probably curious about which apps can have a real and positive effect on your health. There are countless apps out there, but some are hardly worth using.

In the recordings below, the speakers will help you find the good health apps.

You will

• hear about what the Directorate of Health thinks about the potential - what the apps can help us with
• know what should be required to assess security, privacy and quality or effect
• examples of research-based apps based on user participation and evidence
• know how to find apps that are good/recommended
• know how to send out and use apps in interaction between therapist and patient
• know how to make the apps available at Helsenorge

Presentation by

• Øystein Tveite, senior advisor, Directorate of Health
• Lise Solberg Nes, department head, Oslo University Hospital
• Maiken Sjøttem Sørensen, advisor, Norsk helsenett

Recording

You can download the podcast to your mobile on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Podbean. Search for ‘Norwegian Centre for E-health Research’.