Collections to ease the recommendation of health applications to patients

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Digital health tools enable the tracking, improvement, and self-management of care. They are easily accessible, and patients use them. However, discovering the right apps, as well as recognizing which ones present good opportunities for patients, is no small task.

AppGuide democratizes this digital health realm among healthcare professionals to integrate it more into their practice.

App Collections by AppGuide represent a major asset for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

1. Time-saving
   Simplify access to the best apps for self-care-friendly health conditions.

2. Peer approval
   Foster trust in apps through a rigorous selection process.

3. Better patient experience
   Help patients better manage their health conditions, track their progress, and be more engaged in their own well-being.

4. The right app for the right patient
   Recommend the right solution to the right patient using reliable information that healthcare professionals understand.

5. Promote patient engagement
   Simplify patient access to information and download links.

Recommending a health app is easier than it looks

Step 1 – Discover good health apps

The main goal of app collections is to help healthcare professionals feel confident about certain health apps so they can comfortably recommend them. By offering quality apps evaluated by AppGuide clinicians, these collections aim to extend the therapeutic reach of professionals and empower patients in managing their conditions.

App Collections - By Healthcare Organizations
Healthcare organizations can collaborate with AppGuide's digital health tool evaluation experts to define selection criteria, and then target and publish lists of apps that meet patient needs.

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App Collections - By AppGuide
To quickly discover quality apps, healthcare professionals at AppGuide have selected tools to recommend. To learn more about the selection criteria, see the "App Collections by AppGuide" section.

These app collections are accessible on AppGuide PRO. Claim your access now

Step 2 - Sharing Information with Patients

Once you determine that a patient could benefit from using an app, app collections help you quickly target the most suitable app, and then proceed with sharing information with the patient.

Sharing via paper (recommendation sheet)
Provide the patient with a recommendation sheet containing:

• A detailed description of the app in question,

• A list of key features, providing patients with a thorough understanding of what to expect.

• Along with a QR code that gives the patient access to download links.

These sheets are easily downloadable from an app collection.

Tip - Preprinting
Preprinting recommendation sheets in advance simplifies the app recommendation process. It streamlines and speeds up the recommendation process.

Tip - Third-party Delivery of the Sheet
A third party can deliver the sheet on your behalf, asynchronously, which can simplify information delivery according to your workflow methodology.

Sharing Electronically (Text Message or Email)

Send app information directly to their phone, even if the patient is not in front of you. AppGuide PRO allows for electronic recommendations and can include app information directly via text (SMS) or email.

Professional Privacy
Recommendation via text message utilizes a secure international number; the same applies to recommendation via email, which uses a secure email address. The professional will not have to enter their phone number or email address. The goal is to avoid exposing healthcare professionals' contact information.

Patient Privacy
AppGuide is committed to using patient contact information exclusively in processing recommendations. Data collected for statistical purposes is anonymized and stored in compliance with security standards (see privacy policy reference).

AppGuide's App Collections - New

As a leader in the field of healthcare app recommendation, AppGuide has introduced app collections accessible to all AppGuide PRO users, simplifying the discovery and sharing of healthcare app information with patients.

Conditions Favorable to Self-care

These app collections by AppGuide have been carefully curated to address eight (8) common health conditions conducive to self-care. Here are the 8 available themes:

• Pain management;

• Hypertension;

• Diabetes;

• Mood and depression;

• Stress and anxiety;

• Fertility and menstrual tracking;

• Cancer;

• Medication adherence.

Future themes will be available soon.

Rigorous Selection Based on Science

For AppGuide's app collections, our app evaluation experts first sought apps that met the defined health themes, based on several parameters such as accessibility, available languages, cost, ease of use, scientific validation, etc.

Finally, healthcare professionals from the AppGuide team made the final selection.

Support for Healthcare Professionals

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