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but we’ve done a lot of work on simplifying this process - without diluting any of the standards. What we have found is the process has forced developers to make key improvements, particularly in the GDPR area. There were lots of cases where developers were looking at our assessment process and thinking: ‘well, my app doesn’t do that’. But the end result is they’ve gone away and improved their app to meet that standard. Patient benefits The benefits for patients are plentiful. Even here in my own team, one of my colleagues has started using an app to monitor his diabetes, which has led to him being able to reduce his diabetic check-ups from once every month to once a quarter. He’s able to submit blood readings through the app, which can be seen by his doctor, and this in turn is freeing up more appointments for others, which is excellent. International impact The impact of the NHS Apps Library is not restricted to the UK however, and has already prompted a lot of interest from overseas. Sweden, Germany, Japan, America, Australia and Finland are just some of the countries who have contacted us for advice, as they work to build their own equivalent. Every one of them has said that the NHS is twothree years in front of where they are. A group of 40 health tech workers from Sweden visited us to find out more about our work and France is keen to only surface 1 Health Business Ads_v1 1.pdf apps that are already on our library. A lot of
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