Governments move towards centralized approach to digital health strategy
MobiHealth News March 22, 2022
A Nature article outlines the digital health approaches of nine countries around the world.
With hundreds of thousands of health apps on the market today, choosing the right one can be confusing for patients. Countries all over the world are looking to help their citizens navigate the process. Governments are increasingly moving towards a centralized approach for digital health regulation and reimbursement, according to a new article in Nature.
“We found that most approaches aim for centralized pipelines for health app approvals, although some countries are adding decentralized elements,” authors of the article wrote. “While the countries studied are taking diverse paths, there is nevertheless broad, international convergence in terms of requirements in the areas of transparency, health content,...