Transforming Patient Care: The Power of Digital Health Apps

The use of digital applications within healthcare is growing, and there looks to be no signs of it slowing down. An average of nearly one million digital health apps were downloaded in 2023, up 42% from 2019.1  This was even higher in areas such as blood pressure monitoring and cardiovascular health, which saw a staggering growth increase of 500% from 2019 to 2023.1Digital health apps are not just being used by private individuals, but are changing the way healthcare is delivered. Since 2020, physicians in Germany have been able to prescribe approved digital applications2 to support the management of a range of conditions such as endometriosis, diabetes, and depression.3 In the UK, according to a survey by the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps, 60% more doctors recommended digital health apps to their patients in 2023 than in 2022, and 68% of people agree that digital health apps should be used within the NHS.3