ArticleBJPsych open2020
Generating value with mental health apps.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Unlock digital health promotion in LMICs to benefit the youth.PLOS digital health · 2023Review
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- Success Factors for Scaling Up the Adoption of Digital Therapeutics Towards the Realization of P5 Medicine.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Leveraging Implementation Science to Understand Factors Influencing Sustained Use of Mental Health Apps: a Narrative Review.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2021Review
- The Impact of Digital Therapeutics on Current Health Technology Assessment Frameworks.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Review
- A Patient-Centered Framework for Measuring the Economic Value of the Clinical Benefits of Digital Health Apps: Theoretical Modeling.JMIR mental health · 2020Article
- Acceptability and Utility of an Open-Access, Online Single-Session Intervention Platform for Adolescent Mental Health.JMIR mental health · 2020Article
- The digital clinic: Implementing technology and augmenting care for mental health.General hospital psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough apps are increasingly being used to support the diagnosis, treatment and management of mental illness, there is no single means through which costs associated with mental apps are being reimbursed. Furthermore, different apps are amenable to different means of reimbursement as not all apps generate value in the same way.
aimsTo provide insights into how apps are currently generating value and being reimbursed across the world, with a particular focus on the situation in the USA.
methodAn international team performed secondary research on how apps are being used and on common pathways to remuneration.
resultsThe uses of apps today and in the future are reviewed, the nature of the value delivered by apps is summarised and an overview of app reimbursement in the USA and other countries is provided. Recommendations regarding how payments might be made for apps in the future are discussed.
conclusionsCurrently, apps are being reimbursed through channels with other original purposes. There may be a need to develop an app-specific channel for reimbursement which is analogous to the channels used for devices, drugs and laboratory tests.
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