This may be just me, but the information on the uMotif programme seems to be a little vague in places and I was wondering if anybody could clarify a couple of things.
As far as I understand (which admittedly I really don't) uMotif is linked to SBRI Healthcare which:
'supports a programme of competitions inviting companies to come forward with their ideas and new technologies for known NHS challenges' (SBRI website).
uMotif appear to be claiming that use of the ' uMotif Platform' (whatever this is) could save the NHS £20 million per annum; the savings, in terms of Parkinson's patients, seem to be expected to come about through 'empowering' PWP to 'manage their medication and improve their health behaviors'. I'm not sure I see quite where the savings are coming from, unless the suggestion is that using an app will be a substitute for face to face appointments with medical professionals?
My concerns about the future direction of the NHS aside, however, my major worry is that while I can find estimates of sales (seems likely to be profitable) I’m not sure I understand the privacy policy (http://umotif.com/privacyPolicy) which states, among other things, that:
We may use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services that may be of interest to you. We or they may contact you about these by post or telephone.
And … The information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers or Partners. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing.
I don’t really understand what this actually means in practice, but I worry about unwittingly handing over my confidential health data to private companies.
Sorry for the long post, just trying to get a fully informed understanding of this before deciding whether to sign up.
:-S