Designing, implementing, and evaluating mobile health technologies for managing chronic conditions in older adults: A scoping review

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Matthew Maich, Nancy ^a,b   Harris, Lauren ^c   Ploeg, Jenny ^b   Markle Reid, Maureen ^b   Valaitis, Ruta ^b   Ibrahim, Sarah ^d   Gafni, Amiram ^b   Isaacs, Sandra ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Design; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Frail Elderly; Health Plan Implementations; Home Care Services; Information Communication Technologies; mHealth Innovations; Mobile health; Multiple Chronic Conditions; Older Adults; Scoping Review; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032368599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5127     Document Type: Review

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