There are more than 55,000 mobile medical applications available on public app stores that claim to treat or manage disease or provide clinical decision support. Yet, few—if any—are robustly vetted, leaving patients and clinicians without reliable assurance of their safety, efficacy, or ethical design. Globally, regulators struggle to keep pace with the rapid innovation in mobile medical apps, resulting in significant gaps in oversight and ongoing evaluation of these emerging digital therapeutics.

In response to this unmet global need, an international, multidisciplinary group of 35 expert volunteers from 10 countries has developed the IEEE Global Mobile Medical App Assessment and Registry. This initiative provides a comprehensive and standardized framework for evaluating mobile medical apps across clinical efficacy, technical soundness, and ethics by design, offering a trusted resource for regulators, clinicians, and healthcare organizations worldwide.

KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand how the IEEE Global Mobile Medical App Assessment and Registry can serve as a trusted platform to support regulatory bodies and professional and therapeutic associations in evaluating and recommending medical apps to patients.
• Recognize the unique quality control mechanisms embedded within the assessment framework, including its criteria, global standards, and overall design that underpin a rigorous and transparent evaluation process.
• Gain a first-hand overview of the 140-point assessment criteria developed to systematically evaluate mobile medical apps for clinical benefit, technical robustness, and ethical design. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This webinar is best suited for a global audience seeking to understand a comprehensive assessment framework for reviewing and evaluating mobile medical applications intended for patient use. The audience may include, but is not limited to:

• Government regulators reviewing digital health products and services
• Volunteer chairs and staff of national standards boards in health and therapeutics
• Digital health leads within nonprofit therapeutic associations
• Patient advocates
• Clinical research organizations and healthcare facilities

SPEAKERS

Liz Ashall-Payne

Founder & CEO, ORCHA;

Official Assessor, IEEE Global Mobile Medical App Registry

Dr. Yuri Quintana, PhD

Chief, Division of Clinical Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;

Chair, IEEE Global Mobile Medical App Registry Program

Sandra Solano, MD, MS

Chief Medical Officer, The Fyera Foundation
Founder & Executive Director, Integro, LLC

Maria Palombini, MBA

Global Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences, IEEE SA

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