What is PAS 277 - Health and wellness apps - Code of practise with quality standards for all stages of life about?
PAS 277 recommendations for developers of health and wellness apps, intending to meet the needs of health care professionals, patients, carers and the wider public. It includes a set of quality criteria and covers the app project life cycle, through the development, testing, releasing and updating of an app, including native, hybrid and web-based apps, those apps associated with wearable, ambient and other health equipment and apps that are linked to other apps. It also addresses fitness for purpose and the monitoring of usage.
Note 1: The development and placing on the market, including free of charge, of a health and wellness app may be covered by certain legislation, for example, the Medical Devices Directive.
Note 2: The focus of PAS 277 is on commodity apps available through app repositories, but may also be relevant to specialized applications running on other platforms.
Note 3: PAS 277 is not intended to r...