An overview of clinically and healthcare related apps in Google and Apple app stores: connecting patients, drugs, and clinicians

Successful clinical outcomes involve both clinician and patient factors such as good decision making, accurate diagnosis, patient compliance, effective monitoring of the condition, and accurate interpretation of clinical results. With a general trend in healthcare towards personalized medicine, the...

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Published inScientific Phone Apps and Mobile Devices Vol. 2; no. 1
Main Authors Gan, Samuel Ken-En, Koshy, Cornelius, Nguyen, Phi-Vu, Haw, Yu-Xuan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore Springer Singapore 19.07.2016
Subjects
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
Communications Engineering
Computational Intelligence
Engineering
Health Informatics
Networks
Review
Science Education
Colour Blindness
Peripheral Device
Heart Beat Rate
Successful Clinical Outcome
Medical Equipment
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Summary:Successful clinical outcomes involve both clinician and patient factors such as good decision making, accurate diagnosis, patient compliance, effective monitoring of the condition, and accurate interpretation of clinical results. With a general trend in healthcare towards personalized medicine, the smartphone holds great potential to play a role in personalized care and aid in the above mentioned factors. Through the use of apps, the increasingly powerful smartphone may be a useful aid in the healthcare and clinical industries. This review surveys the currently available apps in Google and Apple app stores that are purposed for aiding healthcare and clinical use, and discusses how they may also help transform the smartphone in a medically relevant device.
ISSN:2364-4958
2364-4958
DOI:10.1186/s41070-016-0012-7