It used to be that consumers worried considerably about security issues of their smartphones and other mobile devices to communicate or store medical information. Today, though, 58 percent of U.S.

Children whose parents were more engaged with an intervention focused on obesity saw greater results compared with children whose parents were less engaged. For mobile health (mHealth) interventions ...

Mobile health (mHealth) and a patient activation program could serve as a model for improving health outcomes for patients in outpatient clinical settings by decreasing atherosclerotic cardiovascular ...

A Chinese research group has compared six international COPD studies and found that the use of health tips improved the self-management of COPD patients measurably - and has the potential to reduce ...

Tailored mobile health technology may ensure safety of care for patients with complex chronic diseases, according to a forthcoming study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

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Healthcare professionals see great value in mHealth apps but there are still many barriers to their widespread adoption, according to a new report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.

An explosion of new mobile health apps offers consumers an unprecedented level of choice, but clinical utility is still lacking for those with chronic conditions. Although there is a rapidly growing ...

A new study published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders highlights the potential of More Stamina, a gamified mobile health (mHealth) app designed to help people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) ...