RFC: Baw's Unofficial DRAFT standards for "NHS Prescribable Apps":
(I was asked for an opinion by email but thought worth sharing here)
1) App code must be released as open source (and thereby low cost and openly auditable for clinical safety and what data is stored
(I was asked for an opinion by email but thought worth sharing here)
1) App code must be released as open source (and thereby low cost and openly auditable for clinical safety and what data is stored
2) Apps must be developed by the NHS, for the NHS, using in-house technical talent.
3) Apps should gather the absolute minimum of data, and have an absolute ban on 'surprising' T&Cs or unexpected data gathering.
3) Apps should gather the absolute minimum of data, and have an absolute ban on 'surprising' T&Cs or unexpected data gathering.
4) App must be fully owned and operated by NHS organisations on a non-profit basis (eg cost recovery only) These need to be seen like the 'generic drugs' of the NHS clinical app world. Safe, understood, cheap, and reliably available.
5) Apps must integrate properly with other NHS platforms such as the GP record, the NHS Spine, and hospital systems where necessary. Integration is not a 'nice to have' that can be added over time but an essential feature.
6) There should be clear pre-market and after-market surveillance of effectiveness and hazards with open reporting. User feedback must be welcomed not litigated.
7) All derivative data and derivative intellectual property remains the property of the NHS and the British taxpayer in perpetuity, and is also released in open source.
8) NHS prescribed apps should not have intrusive or exploitative features including but not limited to
* up-selling 'premium' features
* intrusive notifications
* requests to access the phone's contacts
* selling of non-evidence-based medical investigations or treatments
* up-selling 'premium' features
* intrusive notifications
* requests to access the phone's contacts
* selling of non-evidence-based medical investigations or treatments
I'm happy to be quoted. I just thought it might save time to put it on Twitter rather than repeat it to everyone.
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