Patient Engagement September 28, 2017
Patients want their self-management mHealth apps to be engaging, educational, and personalized, researchers observed.
Patients, providers, and caregivers all must weed through the most valuable self-management mHealth apps as chronic disease management continues to go digital. Not all mHealth apps are created equal, and patients have opinions about which will be most effective in supporting their own care.
In one recent study, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences identified which features adolescents and young adults preferred in chronic care self-management apps.
The team set out specifically to develop an app for adolescent patients managing brain and spinal cord anomalies (BSA) and targeting the tool to help patients transition into chronic care self-management independent of...
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