ADVANTAGES OF MOBILE MEDICAL APPS IN HEALTHCARE

An Academic presentation byDr. Nancy Agens, Head, Technical Operations, Pubrica Group: www.pubrica.comEmail: sales@pubrica.com

In BriefIntroduction AppsHealth AppsMobile Health Apps Conclusion

Outline

Today's Discussion

Mobile health apps display more accurate health information and transparent medical charge information. Rapid mobile health technology (m-Health) growth

provides unparalleled opportunities to improve health services. Mobile health apps allow patients to interact with doctors via their smartphones, as the link between

doctors and patients. Involvement of consumers, regulators, and healthcare professionals in development and testing can improve quality.

In Brief

In 2005 Robert Istepanian coined the term m-Health as the use of "emerging mobile communications and healthcare network technologies."

M–Health is an eHealth sub-area.

People can access health services and information using mobile phones or mobile communication equipment.

Yet m-Health cannot substitute e-Health for that.

Introduction

Contd..

The number of health apps has increased in recent years, and nearly 325 000 health apps were available on top app stores by the end of 2017.

In addition to the increasing number of apps, their demand is also on the rise.

Approximately 3.8 billion apps have downloaded in 2017, an increase of 16 per cent from 2016.

Apps typically use approaches such as text messaging, access to personal health information and connecting with their users via telemedicine or tele`health.

These are also offering educational resources for clients with varying levels of h ealth and digital literacy.

Apps have the potential to benefit customers by providing interactive tools that help with care adherence and by increasing access to information.

The app d evelopment processes lack significant participation by relevant practitioners or organisations in healthcare.

Apps

Health apps provide sophisticated medical devices with a range of facilities, from simple reminders to record-keeping diaries.

They are always accessible and enable consumers to manage chronic illnesses such as diabetes, support lifestyle changes to help weight loss and smoking cessation, and even promote self-diagnosis.

Many health apps use mobile phone features like cameras and Bluetooth, to allow users to monitor behavioral data, including food intake and exercise.

Health Apps

Mobile health apps show additional correct health dataand clear medical charge data.

They additionally give patients with other opportunities to s peak with physicians and will improve the connection between physicians and patients.

Evidence has confirmed that mobile health apps improve patient expertise through that reminder and diagnostic info area unit delivered to patients.

A series of analysis have found that mobile health apps will improve adherence to medication for patients with chronic diseases, etc.

Mobile Health Apps

In the medical service market, patients have the requirement for recovery.

They expect to induce high-quality medical service and scale back health care disbursal.

Their goals usually measure to match doctor capability with their demand and utilise medical personnel additional with efficiency.

Nevertheless, there has recently been a lack of s ystematicr esearch in this area, and concerns about potential risks and consequences of health apps have increased.

Conclusion

More primary App Safety Studies are needed. Ample literature on health apps is available.

During hospital visits, we should encourage patients to adopt mobile health apps to improve the q uality of health care delivery.

It is necessary to reinforce the protection e ducation to mobile app users so that they're well aware of the various pronto offered on their smartphones and may benefit of those features to safeguard their information and privacy.

Future Scopes

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