An overview of clinically and healthcare related apps in Google and Apple app stores: connecting patients, drugs, and clinicians
| Autor: | Yu-Xuan Haw, Phi-Vu Nguyen, Samuel Ken-En Gan, Cornelius Koshy |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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020205 medical informatics
Multimedia business.industry Interpretation (philosophy) 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre medicine.disease Science education Health informatics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Personalized medicine Medical emergency business Patient compliance computer Patient factors |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Phone Apps and Mobile Devices. 2(1) |
| ISSN: | 2364-4958 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s41070-016-0012-7 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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