Mobile Phone and Smartphone Technologies for Diabetes Care and Self-Management

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Garabedian, Laura F ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a   Wharam, J Frank ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; mHealth; Mobile phones; Self management; Smartphone applications

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MHEALTH; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

CELL PHONES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84944068476     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-015-0680-8     Document Type: Review

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