Fierce Healthcare November 9, 2017
There are thousands of mHealth apps, tools and technologies. But do they actually work?
It’s been about 10 years since the word “mHealth” became part of the healthcare lexicon. And since then, the number of mobile technologies, tools and apps has exploded. But has the trend had any impact on outcomes?
Well, it’s hard to say.
“The evidence to support their rapid and widespread use is limited,” writes Amira Roess, Ph.D., in a recent New England Journal of Medicine “Perspectives” piece. Most programs aren’t evaluated in any meaningful way, she adds, noting the scientific literature is dominated by case studies or small-scale pilot studies with “almost no effectiveness studies.”
Still, pilots and other small tests of specific mHealth uses do...
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