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Thanks for this Ben, this is just the kind of useful feedback we are looking for. And you are right - although the app has managed to acquire thousands of registered users since its soft launch in
April this year, Google analytics confirms what you suggest - there are many who visit but don’t set up an account.
Although developing the app so users can try it before setting up an account is a good idea, at the moment the development is being funded on a (very short) shoestring so other functionality will
probably have higher priority for development for the time being.
The financial sustainability of the app is an interesting issue. Since the entire rationale is to facilitate timely access to high quality evidence by all healthcare professionals, I argued strongly
with City, University of London that we should make this a FREE web-based mobile app (www.BestEvidence.Info) and not charge users as this would put a financial barrier in the way of its use, especially in countries
where health professionals are less well paid. However, this of course means that there is no guaranteed income stream….
Ah well!
Please keep the feedback coming…
Best wishes
Amanda
(P.S. If any list members know of charitable organisations where contributing to the further development and dissemination of such a tool matches with their terms of reference, please do drop me
a line!)
From: Ben Goldacre <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 11 October 2018 22:49
To: Burls, Amanda <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: BestEvidence - A free mobile app to find high quality evidence quickly
ah ok the password was deliberate.
i'd strongly suggest letting people try and use it in the first five seconds before they commit to spending time to make an account, otherwise long experience shows you put off a lot of users immediately.
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On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:56 PM Burls, Amanda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: