Mobile Medical Applications

-effectiveness of the Mobile Technology for Community Health (MOTECH) initiative at scale across 170 districts in Ghana.MOTECH's "Client Data Application" allows frontline health workers to digitize service delivery information and track the care of patients. MOTECH's other main component, the "Mobile Midwife," sends automated educational voice messages to mobile phones of pregnant and postpartum women. We measured program costs and consequences of scaling up MOTECH over a 10-year analytic time horizon (...) Mobile Technology for Community Health in Ghana: Is Maternal Messaging and Provider Use of Technology Cost-Effective in Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes at Scale? Mobile technologies are emerging as tools to enhance health service delivery systems and empower clients to improve maternal, newborn, and child health. Limited evidence exists on the value for money of mobile health (mHealth) programs in low- and middle-income countries.This study aims to forecast the incremental cost

and Google Play Store) were searched for currently available mobile applications (apps) for patients with chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs). A new index (score ranging from 0-10) was developed to assess the potential of apps as a tool to empower patients through mobile technology (based on self-monitoring, personalized feedback and patient education app features).One hundred and twelve apps were retained for analysis and could be classified in 5 categories: Asthma (n=71), COPD (n=15), Asthma and COPD (...) Mobile health tools for the management of chronic respiratory diseases. The market of mobile health (mHealth) technology is rapidly evolving, making new mobile technologies potentially available for health care systems. Patient empowerment through self-monitoring of symptoms, shared decision making with the physician and easily accessible education are important features extending the reach of mHealth technology beyond traditional care.Two digital distribution platforms (Apple App Store

TeleHospice: A Community-Engaged Model for Utilizing Mobile Tablets to Enhance Rural Hospice Care. In rural communities, providing hospice care can be a challenge. Hospice personnel sometimes travel great distances to reach patients, resulting in difficulty maintaining access, quality, cost-effectiveness, and safety. In 1998, the University of Kansas Medical Center piloted the country's first TeleHospice (TH) service. At that time, challenges with broad adoption due to cost and attitudes (...) regarding technology were noted. A second TH project was launched in early 2017 using newer technology; this article updates that ongoing implementation.The Organizational Change Manager was followed for the guided selection of the hospice partner. The University of Kansas Medical Center partnered with Hospice Services, Inc. (HSI), a leader in rural hospice care, providing services to 16 Kansas counties. Along with mobile tablets, a secure cloud-based videoconferencing solution was chosen for ease

Beat the heat with the OSHA-NIOSH mobile app Beat the heat with the OSHA-NIOSH mobile app | BJSM blog - social media's leading SEM voice by By Franck Brocherie , Sébastien Racinais APP REVIEW NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION Heat Safety Tool CATEGORY OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION Weather, Sports Medicine PLATFORM iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; Android – 4.3 and up. COST Free. ABOUT THE APP According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), extreme (...) , vulnerable individuals such as elderly and children, but also workers, landscapers, farmers and exercisers) staying safe outdoor in hot weather, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) redesigned the OSHA’s original Heat Safety Tool as a free app for smartphones and other mobile devices. The app uses the device’s Global Positioning system (GPS) to extract temperature and relative humidity data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Mobile app to tackle doping in sport: the ASADA Clean Sport Mobile app to tackle doping in sport: the ASADA Clean Sport | BJSM blog - social media's leading SEM voice by By Nash Anderson ( ) 1 , Nat Sharp 1 , Balraj Ougra 2 1 Enhance Healthcare, Mitchell, ACT, Australia 2 Back Space Chiro, Sydney, NSW, Australia APP REVIEW NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION ASADA PLATFORM Android: 4.0.3 and up. Version 1.1.329 tested. iOS: Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. COST (...) and medications. PROS A free app that can save your career. A reliable resource to check any medication sold in Australia to see if it is prohibited in sport or not. World first supplement tool to assist you in determining whether the use of a supplement is worth the risk. Read short, snappy information on TUEs, travelling overseas and your rights being tested as well as information on TUEs, the testing process, the anti doping rules, whereabouts and more Figure 2 Screenshot of ASADA Mobile app CONS The app

Physician Confidence in Artificial Intelligence: An Online Mobile Survey. It is expected that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used extensively in the medical field in the future.The purpose of this study is to investigate the awareness of AI among Korean doctors and to assess physicians' attitudes toward the medical application of AI.We conducted an online survey composed of 11 closed-ended questions using Google Forms. The survey consisted of questions regarding the recognition (...) of and attitudes toward AI, the development direction of AI in medicine, and the possible risks of using AI in the medical field.A total of 669 participants completed the survey. Only 40 (5.9%) answered that they had good familiarity with AI. However, most participants considered AI useful in the medical field (558/669, 83.4% agreement). The advantage of using AI was seen as the ability to analyze vast amounts of high-quality, clinically relevant data in real time. Respondents agreed that the area of medicine

reminders for appointments and medications. Patients are also interested in using applications for learning about medical conditions and managing medications. Though there are mixed feelings regarding the protection of privacy by apps, they are felt to be safe, effective, useful, and not difficult to use.Ownership of smartphones is high across the Emergency Department population and patients are enthusiastic about using mobile devices as part of their care. Further study can elucidate opportunities (...) Mobile device ownership among emergency department patients. The landscape of mobile devices is changing and their present use by patients for healthcare purposes is unknown. An understanding of current attitudes and usage may help increase patient engagement through mobile applications. This study sought to determine characteristics of mobile device ownership among Emergency Department patients, patients' feelings regarding their use in healthcare, and desired functionality in mobile

Mobile technology in health (mHealth) and antenatal care-Searching for apps and available solutions: A systematic review. Medical Information Technology may be understood as an interdisciplinary study of the conception, design, development, adoption and use of Information Technology (IT) innovations for healthcare provision, management and planning. Concerning the use of IT in reproductive health, the aim of the diverse range of currently available applications (apps) is to assist in family (...) selected and unconventional sources (grey literature) were evaluated. Inclusion criteria for analysis of publications or tools were title or abstract descriptions of the following functions: use by health professionals during antenatal care provision, patient electronic record, integration of the app connecting the pregnant woman to the healthcare professional, clinical decision support system and use of mobile technology. The most recent article of duplicated information on apps or mobile health

. The digital health evaluation approach that is presented is applied to a case example of mobile personal health record application in Kenya.© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. (...) A systematic approach to equity assessment for digital health interventions: case example of mobile personal health records. Despite the increasing number of digital health interventions in low- and middle-income countries and other low-resource settings, little attention has been paid to systematically evaluating impacts of these interventions on health equity. In this article, we present a systematic approach for assessing equity impacts of digital health interventions modeled after

(mHealth) tools have enhanced diabetes management and prevention and are likely to play an increasing role with the growth of smartphone ownership and medical device innovations. Recent mHealth interventions targeting type 1 and type 2 diabetes are diverse in their goals and components, and include insulin management applications, wearable blood glucose meters, automated text messages, health diaries and virtual health coaching. In this paper, we review the modalities and components of various (...) Digital health technology and mobile devices for the management of diabetes mellitus: state of the art. Diabetes mellitus is a disease that can be difficult to manage and requires high levels of health literacy and numeracy, self-monitoring and frequent contact with clinicians. If not optimally controlled, diabetes can lead to kidney failure, blindness and cardiovascular complications, which, in turn, contribute to increasing healthcare costs. Although not yet widely used, mobile health

a mobile application with treatment information (ie, appointments and medication instructions) in addition to standard care. The PreLiFe programme includes a mobile application with the same treatment information in combination with a lifestyle programme. This new lifestyle programme includes tailored advice and skills training on diet, physical activity and mindfulness in combination with text messages and telephone interaction with a healthcare professional trained in motivational interviewing (...) Effectiveness of a mobile preconception lifestyle programme in couples undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF): the protocol for the PreLiFe randomised controlled trial (PreLiFe-RCT). Infertility and in vitro fertilisation (IVF; with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection) result in considerable emotional and financial burden. Increasing evidence suggests that lifestyle factors, including diet, physical activity and personal well-being, are associated with IVF-success rates. Currently, IVF

Digital Phenotyping With Mobile and Wearable Devices: Advanced Symptom Measurement in Child and Adolescent Depression. With an estimated 75% of all mental disorders beginning in the first two decades of life,1 childhood and adolescence are crucial developmental periods to identify and intercept the unfolding of mental health problems, their relationships with physical health, and the multiple, interwoven connections to the surrounding environment.2 Because an individual's mental health is best (...) . In this Translations article, we focus on digital phenotyping (DP), which relates to the capturing of the aforementioned relevant biopsychosocial data. This concept is rapidly growing and gaining relevance to child and adolescent psychiatry, and is connected with overarching data science themes of "big data" (extremely large data sets, including data from electronic medical records, imaging, genomics, and patients' smartphones),3,4 in addition to "machine learning" (the science of getting computers to act without

Which Users Should Be the Focus of Mobile Personal Health Records? Analysis of User Characteristics Influencing Usage of a Tethered Mobile Personal Health Record This study was conducted to analyze the usage pattern of a hospital-tethered mobile personal health records (m-PHRs) application named My Chart in My Hand (MCMH) and to identify user characteristics that influence m-PHR usage.Access logs to MCMH and its menus were collected for a total of 18 months, from August 2011 to January 2013 (...) , but "OPD [outpatient department] Service Support" and "Health Management" menus were also frequently used. Patients with chronic diseases, experience of hospital visits including emergency room and OPD, and age group of 0-19 years were more frequently found among users with a patient ID (n = 2,186) (p < 0.001). A similar trend was found in the heavy user group (n = 1,123). Submenus of laboratory result, online appointment, and medication lists that were accessed mostly by users with a patient ID were

, recent studies are questioning the efficiency of the CPM when compared with the goal of application. While literature suggests that efficacy of CPM are related with the magnitude of knee flexion and the Range of Motion (ROM) achieved some studies show that the range of motion measured by the CPM is considerably less than the actual ROM. As other therapy that provides an effective mobilization of the knee joint, the Specific Manual Physical Therapy method (Kaltenborn method) takes in account (...) efficacy of currently used CPM devices. The aim of our study was to determine the range of motion achieved with the passive mobilization using a CPM device compared with a manual method (Kaltenborn method) and to assess that ROM measurements provided by the CPM correlates the real ROM. Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Device: CPM Other: Manual mobilization Not Applicable Study Design Go to Layout table for study information Study Type

: March 1, 2016 Actual Primary Completion Date : October 2016 Actual Study Completion Date : October 2017 Resource links provided by the National Library of Medicine related topics: Arms and Interventions Go to Arm Intervention/treatment Experimental: Education Group This will consist of a 6-minute educational video app created and delivered within an application (mobile app) that will be interactive in nature, asking multiple-choice questions at the end to help reinforce key points of the video (...) MOBile Instruction for Low Back Pain (MOBIL) MOBile Instruction for Low Back Pain (MOBIL) - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov Hide glossary Glossary Study record managers: refer to the if submitting registration or results information. Search for terms x × Study Record Detail Saved Studies Save this study Warning You have reached the maximum number of saved studies (100). Please remove one or more studies before adding more. MOBile Instruction for Low Back Pain (MOBIL) (MOBIL) The safety

Task Specific Timing and Coordination Exercise to Improve Mobility in Older Adults: Program to Improve Mobility in Aging Task Specific Timing and Coordination Exercise to Improve Mobility in Older Adults: Program to Improve Mobility in Aging - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov Hide glossary Glossary Study record managers: refer to the if submitting registration or results information. Search for terms x × Study Record Detail Saved Studies Save this study Warning You have reached the maximum (...) number of saved studies (100). Please remove one or more studies before adding more. Task Specific Timing and Coordination Exercise to Improve Mobility in Older Adults: Program to Improve Mobility in Aging (PRIMA) The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our

Fundamentals for Future Mobile-Health (mHealth): A Systematic Review of Mobile Phone and Web-Based Text Messaging in Mental Health. Mobile phone text messages (short message service, SMS) are used pervasively as a form of communication. Almost 100% of the population uses text messaging worldwide and this technology is being suggested as a promising tool in psychiatry. Text messages can be sent either from a classic mobile phone or a web-based application. Reviews are needed to better understand (...) and symptom surveillance. Other positive points included an increase in appointment attendance and in satisfaction with management and health care services. Insight into message content, preventative strategies, and innovative approaches derived from the mental health field may be applicable in other medical specialties.

to emergency medical care, treatment of painful conditions, vaccinations and care during pregnancy, childbirth and delivery. If asylum is granted, individuals receive a health insurance card and obtain access to health care services in the same way as the general population. Those who have waited four years for their application to be processed are treated in the same way as those who have been granted asylum (82), although this waiting period has increased from one year in 1994–1996 to three years in 1997 (...) How do variations in definitions of ?migrant? and their application influence the access of migrants to health care services? How do variations in definitions of “migrant” and their application influence the access of migrants to health care services? HEALTH EVIDENCE NETWORK SYNTHESIS REPORT 46 Ailish Hannigan | Patrick O’Donnell | Mary O’Keeffe | Anne MacFarlaneThis HEN – the Health Evidence Network – synthesis report is the result of a cross-divisional effort in the Regional Office between

A Mobile Smartphone Application to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity Among Pregnant Women With GDM A Mobile Smartphone Application to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity Among Pregnant Women With GDM - RCT - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov Hide glossary Glossary Study record managers: refer to the if submitting registration or results information. Search for terms x × Study Record Detail Saved Studies Save this study Warning You have reached the maximum number of saved (...) studies (100). Please remove one or more studies before adding more. A Mobile Smartphone Application to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity Among Pregnant Women With GDM - RCT The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our for details. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02588729 Recruitment Status : Completed First Posted : October 28

RELAX: A Mobile Application Suite Targeting Obesity and Stress RELAX: A Mobile Application Suite Targeting Obesity and Stress - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov Hide glossary Glossary Study record managers: refer to the if submitting registration or results information. Search for terms x × Study Record Detail Saved Studies Save this study Warning You have reached the maximum number of saved studies (100). Please remove one or more studies before adding more. RELAX: A Mobile Application (...) : University of Connecticut Collaborator: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Information provided by (Responsible Party): Sherry Pagoto, University of Connecticut Study Details Study Description Go to Brief Summary: The purpose of this research is to develop and test a mobile application called RELAX, which is designed to help with stress management during weight loss. Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase Stress Weight Behavioral: RELAX-AS; Device: smartphone; Other: physical activity Behavioral