Evaluation of digital technologies

Evaluation of digital health technologies faces many of the challenges of non-digital technologies, but has additional complications, especially around rapidity of developments in the underlying technology, which is sometimes poorly matched to current evaluation timescales.

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A recent paper provided a framework for research questions to be used in appraisal of digital health technologies

You can download a presentation where John Powell introduces the standards and their development

Image of a list of RQ's for an appraisal.

NICE has developed Evidence standards framework for digital health technologies which classifies digital technologies and suggests minimum and best practice standards for evaluation, depending on the type of technology and the level of risk.

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