consumer mobile health apps

Mobile Apps for HealthAplicaciones Móviles en Salud

Cynthia Phelps, PhD CEO

HealtheDesings LLC

November, 2014

VIII Encuentro de Educación Superior en Salud

Smartphones are Popular

• 164,000,000 smartphone users in use in the USA alone

(Statista, 2014)

Touchscreen Smartphones

• 1992 – First smartphone

• 2007 - First touchscreen smartphone

• 2014 - 58% of all people in the USA own smartphone

(PEW fact sheet)

Technology Adoption

The smartphone is the single most rapidly adopted technology

in the modern world.

Mobile App Usage

• 179 billion mobile apps downloaded 2014

• 270 billion projected in 2017(Forbes – 2014)

(Forbes 2014)

One in five people in the USA use mobile technology to improve health.

(Gallup 2014)

Apps for Health

• Fitness Apps

• First Generation

• Trackers

• Single function

Health Beyond Fitness

• Scheduling appointments

• Supporting communities

• Consumer health information

• Interacting with healthcare practitioners– Telemedicine

• Filling prescriptions, – Ordering medication

• Measurement tools

Appointment Scheduling

• Criteria Search for a Doctor

• Make an Appointment

Support Communities• Meet You – Women’s Health Community

• Raised 15 million in funding

Consumer Health Information

Dayima

• 100 million downloads

• 40 million registered users

• 2.5 million comments a day.

Interact with Healthcare Practitioners

Doctor on Demand

Talk live with a doctor about your health.

Telemedicine

Filling Prescriptions

Order and manage your drug prescriptions

Ordering Medication

• Changing regulations

• 900 billion yuan a year market

People who routinely use health-related apps are linked to

better health outcomes(Gallup 2014)

Rapid Growth in Usage

Second Generation of Health Apps

Help manage chronic diseases and disorders

More than one main function

– Learning

– Tracking

– Coping

– Managing

Recovery Coach

SchizophreniaManagement Tool

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Veterans Administration

Functions

• Learning

• Symptom Tracking

• Coping

• Medication Tracking

• Support Tools

Learning

• Health Information about Schizophrenia

• Treatment information

• Easy to understand

• Short sections

Symptom Tracking

• Warning Signs for Relapse

• Notification to contact a health professional

Coping

Real time access to coping techniques

Breathing

Audio

Video

Medication Management

Conquer Panic

Managing Panic Disorder

HealtheDesigns LLC

Veterans Administration

Daily Tracking

Track:

• Number of Panic Attacks

Rate your:

• Level of Anxiety

• Level of depression

Graph data over time

See Trends

Symptoms

• Just in time information

• Symptom management

Skills Practice

Desensitization

Training

Coping Skills

Animation and Video

Diaphragm

Breathing

Techniques

Scoring

• Setting Weekly Goals

• Using points for Motivation

• Points to show short and long term progress

Trends to watch

• Managing multiple chronic diseases

• Wearables for tracking

• Integrated across apps/platforms

– Big data to support health outcomes

• Diagnostic apps

The Future of Tracking

19 percent of people with no chronic conditions track their health indicators

40 percent of adults with one chronic condition track their health indicators

62 percent of adults with two chronic conditions track their health indicators

Wearables

iOS8 Health - HealthKit

Aggregates data from health apps

Google Fit

Microsoft Health

Diagnostic Apps

Color Assessment of Test Strips

Multiple diagnostic tests

Other Future Uses

• Apps for asking embarrassing questions

• App for post-operation management care

Future Challenges

• Regulation

• Accuracy of Health Data

• Protection of Health Data

• Research is Slow and Expensive

How do I find the right app?

Give up on the App Store, instead:

• Start with trusted sources

• Look for familiar, researched techniques

• Avoid apps that promise too much

• Share with colleagues

• Ask the youngster

DrawMD

Isabel Mobile

Top Ten Medical iPad Apps

Upper Respiratory

Calculate by QxMD Virtual Lab

• My favorite source

• Latest news in mobile health – mHealth

• New products and companies

• Regulation

Thanks!

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