{"id":148399,"date":"2018-11-07T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/orcha-your-guide-to-effective-health-apps\/"},"modified":"2018-11-07T13:27:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T11:27:00","slug":"orcha-your-guide-to-effective-health-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/orcha-your-guide-to-effective-health-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"ORCHA: Your Guide to Effective Health Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"lead\">Effective health apps put practical support, encouragement and tailored advice in the palm of your hand.\u00a0Connected Health invites you to visit\u00a0 a\u00a0 FREE\u00a0 website\u00a0 where\u00a0 you\u00a0 can\u00a0 search\u00a0 and\u00a0 compare\u00a0 health\u00a0 apps,\u00a0 and\u00a0 get\u00a0 all\u00a0 the\u00a0 information\u00a0 you\u00a0 need\u00a0 from\u00a0 thorough,\u00a0 independent\u00a0 reviews.\u00a0 So\u00a0 you\u00a0 can\u00a0 find\u00a0 the\u00a0 right\u00a0 app\u00a0 to\u00a0 keep\u00a0 you\u00a0 healthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Convenient and always with you, they can provide the right intervention at the right time. \u00a0Here are three apps that ORCHA recommends for the 3-4 million trying to give up smoking, 20% wanting to cut-back on alcohol, and 2\/3rd trying to diet right now.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of NHS and care organisations across the UK, ORCHA conducts more independent evaluations of health apps than anyone else. \u00a0 This is a monthly round-up of some of the best mental health apps to know about.<\/p>\n<h3>Top 3 apps for making changes stick<\/h3>\n<p>There are a wide range of apps that help embed changes into lifestyles. \u00a0Here are the three that achieve the highest scores in our evaluations covering effectiveness, safety, security and usability:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orcha.co.uk\/search\/?Keyword=Quit+genius&amp;ac=\">Quit genius<\/a>: With a 36% success rate for long term quitting, it\u2019s more effective than face to face therapy and going cold turkey.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orcha.co.uk\/search\/?Keyword=Best-You&amp;ac=\">Best-You<\/a>: Set an alcohol consumption target and receive support and tracking on how you are performing against this.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orcha.co.uk\/search\/?Page=0&amp;MinScore=0&amp;Days=0&amp;PageSize=10&amp;Keyword=Change4Life+Smart+recipes&amp;ac=&amp;SortBy=\">Change4Life Smart recipes<\/a>: Finder healthier alternative recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks, it includes step by step recipes and even creates your shopping list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective health apps put practical support, encouragement and tailored advice in the palm of your hand.\u00a0Connected Health invites you to visit\u00a0 a\u00a0 FREE\u00a0 website\u00a0 where\u00a0 you\u00a0 can\u00a0 search\u00a0 and\u00a0 compare\u00a0 health\u00a0 apps,\u00a0 and\u00a0 get\u00a0 all\u00a0 the\u00a0 information\u00a0 you\u00a0 need\u00a0 from\u00a0 thorough,\u00a0 independent\u00a0 reviews.\u00a0 So\u00a0 you\u00a0 can\u00a0 find\u00a0 the\u00a0 right\u00a0 app\u00a0 to\u00a0 keep\u00a0 you\u00a0 healthy. Convenient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":147470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}