PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS EMAIL TO ANY HEALTH APP DEVELOPERS YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN RESPONDING 

Attention: health app developer

Dear: health app developer

We are sending you this email as we understand you are interested in obtaining more user views of health apps.  For this reason we thought you would be interested in participating in this survey- we will send you a short report on the results if you wish.

Your answers to the survey will help to inform the creation of guidelines designed to improve the quality and focus of health, wellness, and disability apps, to be launched at the end of 2015. A report on this study will be released at European Health Forum Gastein, which is attended by hundreds of health policymakers as well healthcare industry representatives.    

The survey opens with a handful of short, anonymous, profiling questions. It then moves quickly on to 14 questions about issues that are ABSOLUTELY KEY TO THE DEVELOPERS OF HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISABILITY APPS.

The survey will probably take you a maximum of 15-20 minutes to complete. The results will be anonymised. If you would like a copy of the collated survey results (which will include the views of respondents who are other healthcare stakeholders), please indicate your interest at the end of the survey.

The survey is being conducted by UK-based PatientView, and its sister organisation, myhealthapps.net, in conjunction with Germany-based Research2Guidance, and the App Quality Alliance.

To enter the survey, 'Guidance and Advice Most Needed by App Developers', please click on the LINK [button] below:

To guarantee that your views are included, please ensure that you complete the survey by Monday, 20th July 2015.

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact:

• Dr Alexandra Wyke, CEO, PatientView
• Tel: ++44-1547-520-965
• email: alexwyke@patient-view.com

myhealthapps.net is dedicated to involving patients and public in the development of user-friendly health apps. We derive no income from app developers or app downloads but are grateful for the support (commercial and non-commercial) that it has received from its partners: Digital Health and Care Alliance, European Connected Health Alliance, European Health Forum Gastein, Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative, GSK, Health 2.0, Janssen, NHS Health Apps Library, Telefonica, TICBioMed.

research2guidance is a strategy advisory and market research company. We concentrate on the mobile app eco-system. We are convinced that mobile health solutions will make a difference to people’s lives and that the impact on the healthcare industry will be significant. We provide insights to make it happen and to successfully lead your business.

The App Quality Alliance (AQuA) is a global association focused on helping the industry continually improve and promote mobile app quality, across all platforms. It is led by the Core Members: AT&T, Motorola, and Microsoft, who work together on projects of mutual interest, thereby minimising the work needing to be done by each one. AQuA also acts as a referral and endorsement body, accrediting the quality of players (specifically developers and testing service providers) within the industry, and also their apps.