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e H e a l t h S t r a t e g y O f f i c e
BC College of Family Practice Workshop:
My top 10 Favourite Health Apps
Kendall Ho, MD FRCPC
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director, eHealth Strategy Office
Faculty/Presenter Disclosure
• Faculty: Kendall Ho
• Relationships with commercial interests:
– Grants/Research Support: MoH, HC, PHAC, Canada Health Infoway,
Foundations
– Apps Development Support: Lunbeck (Depression)
– Speakers Bureau/Honoraria: N/A
– Consulting Fees: N/A
– Other:
– Employee of Vancouver General Hospital Emergency Dept.
– Emergency Physician On Call, B.C. Ambulance Services
CFPC CoI Templates: Slide 1

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Disclosure of Commercial Support
• This program has received financial support from B.C. Ministry of Health
in the form of grant funding for improving eHealth Literacy of the public
in B.C.
• This program has received in-kind support from no organization in the
form of N/A.
• Potential for conflict(s) of interest:
– Dr. Kendall Ho has received no support from any of the Apps discussed in this
presentation
CFPC CoI Templates: Slide 2
Mitigating Potential Bias
• UBC Faculty of Medicine eHealth Strategy Office (Dr. Kendall
Ho being the director) has organized with UBC Continuing
Professional Development Office an eHealth Innovations and
Technology Showcase (eHITS) conference on May 9th, 2014.
The conference received sponsorship of the exhibition from a
variety of companies: Platinum sponsors – Cisco, Telus,
McKesson, Gold sponsor – Cerner.
• UBC Faculty of Medicine eHealth Strategy Office (Dr. Kendall
Ho being the director) has received grant funding from Telus
to implement an eHealth summer camp for high school
students in the summers of 2011 and 2012.
CFPC CoI Templates: Slide 3

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e H e a l t h S t r a t e g y O f f i c e
Canada mobile phone statistics 2013
27 M cell phone users (>80%)
56% smart phones
78% social media, 75% video
Average 30 apps
26%: Health and fitness
47%: Desire emergency contact

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e H e a l t h S t r a t e g y O f f i c e
• Diet
• Exercise
• Mood
• Physiology
Mobile Health Apps: “43,000+”
“Fav Apps” criteria:
• Usefulness
• Ease of use
• Safe
• Cost: “free” preferable
• Privacy
Change
My
Life!!

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#10: Mood Panda
e H e a l t h S t r a t e g y O f f i c e
#9: PAR Concussion

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#8: PTSD Coach
Tie #6: Take a Break &
Mindfulness Meditation

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#5: Belly Bio
• Test Anxiety
• Perfectionism
• Social Anxiety
• Performance Anxiety
• Worry
• Panic
• Conflict
#4: Mindshift

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Reduce
Alcohol &
Coffee use
#3: Heart Rate
My Travel
alarm of
choice!
#2: Sleep Time

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#1: My Fitness Pal
1 bowl rice
103 Cal
I lost 13 lbs!
e H e a l t h S t r a t e g y O f f i c e
Ramping up: not “if” but “how”
For MDs
• Try one App a month
• Ask patients: App use
• Recommend if appropriate
• Learn with patients
• Ask patients other Apps
For Patients
• Consider health issues
• Search for App(s)
• Communicate with MDs
• Try with MDs/HPs
• Learn with HPs & peers
• Look into social media

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