The European Commission working group on mHealth continues working towards the development of guidelines for the assessment of the validity and reliability of mHealth data. After intense discussions around the scope and the purpose of the guidelines, it is now more clear that, while the final beneficiaries will be patients, healthcare professionals and app developers, the main target group of the guidelines will most likely be those organisations responsible for the adoption of the guidelines in the healthcare systems. EFA Project Manager Giuseppe De Carlo and other representatives from the patient community are members of the Working Group and have commited to work on the adaptation of the final guidelines for patients and citizens.
The final draft version will be published in late November and then will be open for consultations.
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