mHealth Intelligence May 16, 2017
A combination of wearable devices and mHealth apps may help patients engage with their chronic disease management needs.
A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research suggests the next step in chronic disease management could involve a combination of wearable devices and mHealth apps that focus on improving health conditions.
Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) in their knees that were given both an app and wearable device to monitor their activity saw a 55 percent decrease in pain based on a six-minute walking test (Group A). Comparatively, patients that only received a monitoring solution experienced a 33.8 percent decrease in pain (Group B).
The findings revealed that even though both groups of OA patients benefited from any mHealth...
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