American Telemedicine Association Partners With ORCHA For Tool To Review Safety Of Digital Health Apps; About 85% Of Apps Fell Short

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced a new partnership with the Organization for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) to create a safety review process for digital health applications. ORCHA provides an automated, intelligent review engine that can assess apps against more than 300 measures for health care, security, or usability standards established to safeguard consumers. ORCHA has already evaluated more than 4,000 health apps currently available in the U.S. and found that only 15% met the quality threshold while 85% fell short. Among the apps evaluated, ORCHA assessed 584 apps intended to support people with . . .