Generating value with mental health apps

Adam C Powell; John B. Torous; Joseph Firth; Kenneth R. Kaufman

doi:10.1192/bjo.2019.98

Generating value with mental health apps

Adam C Powell, John B. Torous, Joseph Firth, Kenneth R. Kaufman

Western Sydney University

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Although apps are increasingly being used to support the diagnosis, treatment and management of mental illness, there is no single means through which costs associated with mental apps are being reimbursed. Furthermore, different apps are amenable to different means of reimbursement as not all apps generate value in the same way.

Original language	English
Article number	e16
Number of pages	5
Journal	BJPsych Open
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.98
Publication status	Published - 2020

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health insurance
mental health
mobile apps
smartphones

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