The use of mobile applications to deliver health services has gained momentum in recent years. It is estimated that by 2025, the eHealth app market will generate up to $111 billion globally. This growing demand and effort in developing eHealth apps are attributable to the increased need to provide quality and reliable access to health services for patients at their convenience. Today, health apps are widely used to schedule doctors’ appointments, review prescriptions, and help patients take their medication on time. Other apps are used for habit tracking, self-diagnosing, fitness,…
Read MoreTag: health apps
New Apple Health Records API open to app developers
Apple’s upcoming software update will have a new mHealth feature. Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced iOS 12 at the start of WWDC 2018 and revealed the new features of the upcoming software update, among which include an Apple Health Records service update. The mHealth feature, which is designed to help monitor and improve a user’s health and wellbeing, will give users the option to share their medical data with third-party apps. Apple users will not only be able to access their medical records but share this information with their favorite,…
Read MoreMobile health apps are downloaded by over half of smartphone owners
A recent study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research showed 58 percent used mhealth. The findings from recent research have indicated that mobile health apps are becoming increasingly popular among consumers and the developers of those applications are going to need to start placing a larger focus on the concerns of consumers in terms of associated costs and excessive data entry needs. Smartphone owners are showing that they like having mhealth tools available to them on their mobile devices. This is especially true when it comes to diet…
Read MoremHealth has the confidence of 96 percent of patients
The vast majority of survey participants expressed that they feel that this technology will improve their lives. The results of a Research Now Group Inc. survey have now been released, and they have shown that nearly all patients are optimistic enough about mhealth that they feel that it will provide an improvement to their lives. The research involved the participation of 500 healthcare experts as well as 1,000 users of mobile health apps. What this study determined was that 46 percent of the medical professionals who responded to the survey…
Read MoreMobile health apps are experiencing a sizeable increase in usage
As the number of health and wellness applications rise, so is usage by doctors and patients. With every passing week, the number of mobile health apps that are available takes another spike, and as this happens, doctors are taking the opportunity to open their minds and arms to the trend and see how they can use these applications to enhance the care that they provide. A recent survey showed that over one in three physicians have recommended an mhealth app in the last year. The results of that survey were…
Read More