mHealth Intelligence May 9, 2018
A new report commissioned by the AHRQ finds that very few of the hundreds of mHealth apps on the market for diabetes care management have been researched.
A new report says most mHealth apps for diabetes care management haven’t been proven clinically effective – and that consumers are “experimenting on themselves” when they use these digital health tools.
Funded by the Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the study analyzed hundreds of commercially available mHealth apps for diabetes care and found only 11 that were supported by research. And of those 11 apps, only five had been proven to help people lower their HbA1c levels.
“Although consumers have access to dozens of apps for diabetes management, only a handful...
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