BACKGROUND The use of mobile apps in health care is growing. Current and future practitioners must be equipped with the skills to navigate and utilize apps in patient care, yet few strategies exist for training health care professional students on the usage of apps. OBJECTIVE To characterize first-year pharmacy student use of medical apps, evaluate first-year pharmacy student's perception of ...

The number of diabetes management mobile applications (apps) available on the market has grown exponentially since 2009; however, most patients lack the skills necessary for finding relevant health care information. Thus, clinical best practices emphasize the need for ongoing patient education. Despite the importance of education in clinical guidelines, very few of these apps include education ...

In the last two decades easy-to-use simple instruments have been developed and validated to assess specific aspects of the diet or a general profile that can be compared with a reference dietary pattern as the Mediterranean Diet or with the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines. Brief instruments are rapid, simple and easy to use tools that can be implemented by unskilled personnel without ...

The adoption of social networks by older adults has increased in recent years. However, many still cannot make use of social networks as these are simply not adapted to them. Through a series of direct observations, interviews, and focus groups, we identified recommendations for the design of social networks targeting seniors. Based on these, we developed a prototype for tablet devices, support...

UNLABELLED The increased popularity and functionality of mobile devices has a number of implications for the delivery of mental health services. Effective use of mobile applications has the potential to (a) increase access to evidence-based care; (b) better inform consumers of care and more actively engage them in treatment; (c) increase the use of evidence-based practices; and (d) enhance care...

BACKGROUND Mobile health (mHealth) is a growing field aimed at developing mobile information and communication technologies for healthcare. Adolescents are known for their ubiquitous use of mobile technologies in everyday life. However, the use of mHealth tools among adolescents is not well described. OBJECTIVE We examined the usability of four commonly used mobile devices (an iPhone, an Andr...

To cite: BinDhim NF, Trevena L. BMJ Innov Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bmjinnov-2014000019 The uptake of smartphones is growing exponentially around the globe. 2 Their use by health consumers and healthcare professionals is increasing. Smartphone technology particularly impacts on health policy via two new challenges: (1) smartphone app stores can act as m...

Joanne Brown Program Leader, Alcohol Tobacco and othe Drugs Service, Queensland Health, Cairns. Ernest Hunter Regional Psychiatrist, Queensland Health, Cairns. Kate Conigrave Associate Professor, The University of Sydney. Peter d’Abbs Associate Professor, James Cook University, Cairns. John Boffa Public Health Medical Officer, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs. Craig Gallagh...

Medical mobile applications (apps) are prevalent in society. Healthcare providers use them to obtain clinical information more efficiently, and healthcare consumers use them to gain greater personal control over their health management. With the increasing number of health-related mobile apps available, people in the oncology community now have many relevant apps at their fingertips. These apps...

In today's world, the Internet of Things (IoT), which is a fairly new technology, has become a popular topic for discussion. Meanwhile, the increasing demand for personalized healthcare with the assistance of new technologies has created new applications called e-health IoT applications; however, researchers are still attempting to find its applications, therefore they have not been able to foc...