Many mobile health apps target high-need, high-cost populations, but gaps remain

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2310-2318

  Singh, Karandeep ^a   Drouin, Kaitlin ^b   Newmark, Lisa P ^c   Jae, Ho Lee ^d   Faxvaag, Arild ^b   Rozenblum, Ronen ^b   Pabo, Erika A ^b   Landman, Adam ^b   Klinger, Elissa ^b   Bates, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIVACY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85009227373     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0578     Document Type: Article

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