Healthcare providers are often looking for ways to objectively monitor and improve their
patients' health and fitness, especially in between patient visits. Some insurance companies …

Introduction: Smartphone lifestyle applications (apps) and wearable fitness-tracking devices
collect a wealth of data that could provide research insights to support prevention and …

Objective Smartphone apps and mobile devices are an emerging method of healthcare data
collection. This study sought to understand how physicians currently view mobile health …

Objective To develop and administer a questionnaire to determine what factors may be
associated with app use (including frequency of use, reasons to recommend to …

Background Chronic conditions are an increasing challenge for individuals and the health
care system. Smartphones and health apps are potentially promising tools to change health …

This paper discusses the current state, barriers, and future directions of consumer-facing
applications (apps). There are currently more than 165,000 mobile health apps publicly …

Rising ownership of smartphones and tablets across social and demographic groups has
made mobile applications, or apps, a potentially promising tool for engaging patients in their …

Mobile health applications (apps) have revolutionized healthcare delivery by enhancing
patient engagement and improving health outcomes. This critical review examines the role …

With rising smartphone ownership, mobile health applications (mHealth apps) have the
potential to support high-need, high-cost populations in managing their health. While the …

1158 Circulation September 22, 2015 biomedical engineering, and medicine and health-
related sciences. 16 Mobile devices that permit collection of data in real time are …