With near-ubiquitous availability of smartphones equipped with a wide variety of sensors, research in building contextaware services has been growing. However, despite a large number of services proposed and developed as research prototypes, the number of truly context-aware applications available in smartphone applications market is quite limited. A major barrier for the large-scale proliferat...

INTRODUCTION Hospitals are increasingly looking for mobile solutions to meet their information technology needs. Medical professionals are using personal mobile devices to support their work, because of limitations in both time and space. Our aims were to assess smartphone use amongst UK surgical doctors, the prevalence of medical app use and online activity. METHODS A thirteen-item questionn...

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...

This study directly tests the effect of the "Big Five" personality traits on smartphone ownership and use. Although researchers have tested the impact of personality the use of on communication technology, this is the first study that specifically examines smartphone use. Logistic regression and hierarchical linear regression were used to analyze results from a sample of 312 participants. We fo...

Banks want to use their genuine strong credential for online banking transaction authorization the debit card. Customers nowadays are usually equipped with a Smartphone and prefer to not carry a card reader in addition. Methods where developed that use the Smartphone to authorize online banking transactions. These methods are vulnerable to Smartphone malware. We present NFC-TAN as a Smartphone ...

BACKGROUND Chronic disease patients often face multiple challenges from difficult comorbidities. Smartphone health technology can be used to help them manage their conditions only if they accept and use the technology. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop and test a theoretical model to predict and explain the factors influencing patients' acceptance of smartphone health technology ...

Banking transactions using smartphones or more commonly known as “smartphone banking” are increasingly becoming popular as a way for financial transactions given the growing number of smartphone users. The smartphone banking is considered to be different from mobile banking because of the unique and innovative features of smartphones a combination of a computer and mobile phone that can easily ...

BACKGROUND The established interventions for weight loss are resource intensive which can create barriers for full participation and ultimate translation. The major goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of theoretically based behavioral interventions delivered by smartphone technology. METHODS The study randomized 68 obese adults to ...

BACKGROUND The B-B Score is a straightforward kinematic shoulder function score including only two movements (hand to the Back + lift hand as to change a Bulb) that demonstrated sound measurement properties for patients for various shoulder pathologies. However, the B-B Score results using a smartphone or a reference system have not yet been compared. Provided that the measurement properties ar...

The rapid advances and adoption of smartphone technology presents a novel opportunity for delivering mental health interventions on a population scale. Despite multi-sector investment along with wide-scale advertising and availability to the general population, the evidence supporting the use of smartphone apps in the treatment of depression has not been empirically evaluated. Thus, we conducte...