Beyond validation: getting health apps into clinical practice

WJ Gordon, A Landman, H Zhang, DW Bates - NPJ digital medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Fueled by advances in technology, increased access to smartphones, and capital
investment, the number of available health “apps” has exploded in recent years. Patients …

Safety concerns with consumer-facing mobile health applications and their consequences: a scoping review

S Akbar, E Coiera, F Magrabi - Journal of the American Medical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objective To summarize the research literature about safety concerns with consumer-facing
health apps and their consequences. Materials and Methods We searched bibliographic …

Exploring benefits and ethical challenges in the rise of mHealth (mobile healthcare) technology for the common good: An analysis of mobile applications for health …

P Galetsi, K Katsaliaki, S Kumar - Technovation, 2023 - Elsevier
This study reflects on proliferating ethical initiatives, with an eye on social good in the
healthcare industry context while leveraging innovative digital technological infrastructures …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile health usage, preferences, barriers, and eHealth literacy in rheumatology: patient survey study

J Knitza, D Simon, A Lambrecht, C Raab… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2020 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Mobile health (mHealth) defines the support and practice of health care using
mobile devices and promises to improve the current treatment situation of patients with …

Understanding the determinants of mHealth apps adoption in Bangladesh: A SEM-Neural network approach

MZ Alam, W Hu, MA Kaium, MR Hoque, MMD Alam - Technology in Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the low adoption rate of mHealth apps, the apps designers need to understand the
factors behind adoption. But understanding the determinants of mHealth apps adoption …

[HTML][HTML] Physicians' attitudes toward prescribable mHealth apps and implications for adoption in Germany: mixed methods study

F Dahlhausen, M Zinner, L Bieske… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2021 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: In October 2020, Germany became the first country, worldwide, to approve
certain mobile health (mHealth) apps, referred to as DiGA (Digitale …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of smartphone app–based psychological interventions for reducing depressive symptoms in people with depression: systematic literature review and …

MJ Serrano-Ripoll, R Zamanillo-Campos… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2022 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background Depression is a serious, disabling mental disorder that severely affects quality
of life. Patients with depression often do not receive adequate treatment. App-based …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile health technology and healthcare providers: systemic barriers to adoption

S Zakerabasali, SM Ayyoubzadeh… - Healthcare …, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
Objectives Despite the growing use of mobile health (mHealth), certain barriers seem to be
hindering the use of mHealth applications in healthcare. This article presents a systematic …

[HTML][HTML] A new system for surveillance and digital contact tracing for COVID-19: spatiotemporal reporting over network and GPS

S Wang, S Ding, L Xiong - JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020 - mhealth.jmir.org
The current pandemic of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has highlighted the
importance of rapid control of the transmission of infectious diseases. This is particularly …

Application of smartphone technologies in disease monitoring: a systematic review

JC Moses, S Adibi, SM Shariful Islam… - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
Technologies play an essential role in monitoring, managing, and self-management of
chronic diseases. Since chronic patients rely on life-long healthcare systems and the current …