Background. The widespread use and development of smartphones and mHealth apps has
the potential to overcome communication deficiencies in health care. Objective. To carry out …

Unfortunately, many patients in the United States experience disparities in access to surgical
care, including geographic constraints, limited transportation and time, and financial …

Background Diabetic patients receiving insulin should have periodic intraoperative glucose
measurement. The authors conducted a care redesign effort to improve intraoperative …

Importance There has been an increase in health care–focused smartphone apps, including
those for encouraging healthy behaviors and managing chronic conditions, but app-assisted …

Background: Psychological distress increases across adolescence and has been
associated with several important health outcomes with consequences that can extend into …

The article cites information about current technology that could potentially evolve into
hypothetical future technology described in the article. Such references do not constitute …

Background Social media offers a new way to provide education, reminders, and support for
patients with a variety of health conditions. Most of these interventions use one-way …

OBJECTIVE To analyze the scientific literature produced on health education through
mobile applications for surgical patients. METHOD An integrative literature review performed …

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have been increasingly recognized as valuable
information for delivery of optimal perioperative care to high-risk surgical patients in recent …

Smartphone applications play a crucial role in contemporary healthcare by aiming to
enhance patient care through technology. Mobile health (mHealth) applications have proven …