[M]OBILE [H]EALTH

FEB. 2015 - VO

L. 1“THE FUTURE STARTS TODAY”

[M]OBILE [H]EALTH

FEB. 2015 - VO

L. 1“THE FUTURE STARTS TODAY”

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ABOUT THE MAGAZINE

THE REVIEWERS:Our position in this “Magazine”

Project is to review the overallvision of connecting patients (consumers) with information

on Mobile Health.

By informing and influencing patients (consumers),

healthcare advocates, and healthcare professionals, we

strive to enhance the understanding of mobile

application use.

Therefore, improving tomorrow’s health well-being through

health information technology and information management.

MAGAZINE GENRE: Creative Informational Analysis of Healthcare IT

PURPOSE: Exploring, Analyzing, and Comparing Various Mobile Applications for Tomorrow’s Healthcare.

Nghĩa Lê (Peter)

Farah Samani

[pg. ] Top 10 Applications for - certain mobile devices - 5+

[pg. ] What’s Hot and Whats Not

[pg. ] To Do and Not to Do (improvements)

[pg. ] Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow - Compare

[pg. ] Leaders/Health Professionals: Management, Implementation

[pg. ] Testimonials, Interview, Opinions, … Thoughts, ideas on impacts...

[pg. ] Trailers/Previews for up and coming applications

[pg. ] Wish List- what the people want to see

[pg. ] Benefits of using Mobile Health

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NOT To-Do:1.

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TO-DO OR NOT TO-DO...THAT IS THE QUESTION?

BY: NGHĨA LÊ (PETER)

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BY: NGHĨA LÊ (PETER)

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YESTERDAY

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TODAY

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TOMORROW

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“HOW TO”: Manage & Implement[MH] + HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

BY: NGHĨA LÊ (PETER)

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TRAILERS/PREVIEWS FOR UP AND COMING APPLICATIONS

Apple’s HealthKit, which involves not only Apple, but Mayo Clinic and Epic.

Samsung is not sitting still, having re-leased increasingly sophisticated

versions of their S Health app.

Rumor has it that Samsung will also be coming out soon with the next version of their Galaxy Smartphone accompanied by a developers’ toolkit for health apps.  Google will be launching Google Fit.

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ANOTHER Break-out year for mHealth. The mHealth market is said to have been $1.95B in 2012, growing to $49B by 2020; the wearables market is predicted to be $12B by Figure -.-, of which 60% will be health tracking.  We just coined a new term, the Internet of (Healthy)..

First the words of caution. 

Here are some facts that remind us of the challenge:

Although one out of ten U.S. adults over the age of 18 owns an activ-ity tracker, within six months, one-third stops using it.

More than 80% of health apps (like Lose It! or MyFitnessPal) that are downloaded are abandoned within two weeks.

Also of note, Aetna discontin-ued CarePass last week, seemingly be-

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cause their members weren’t enthralled by it.

Most app development is based on the adage, “Give the people what they want.”  Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder, etc., are all designed to meet a basic hu-man need in a very simple way.  The challenge in health care is that, though we know what patients/consumers need to do to improve their health, most of them don’t want to hear about it. That makes building ‘sticky’ health apps and devices much tougher than a messaging or photo sharing app.

Today, most health care app develop-ment is still confusing education with in-

spiration. They are not equivalent! We check our smartphones 150 times per day. But in a blood pressure monitor-ing study at the Center for Connected Health, we had difficulty getting patients to push one but-ton once a day to partici-pate in a program their doctor enthusiastically recommended for them.

What, then, do we do to take full advantage of

the opportunity that Samsung, Apple, Google and others are providing us?  The answer, simple and yet elusive, is:  Focus on Engagement

Technologies come and go, trends take hold and others fade away. We are learn-ing a great deal about how to empower patients to self-manage their health, and what to do with all of this patient-generated data. The common denomina-tor, the one critical element we must get right, is how to ‘sell’ health to consumers and keep them coming back for more.

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What do people want to see.

BY: FARAH SAMANI

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The use of mobile health applications to promote healthy living is a rising trend from where it was just a few short years ago. Finding the time to care for our physical and mental health is a rare indulgence. The solution to this problem is the convenience of mobile health applications which can assist with improving health on the go.

It is time to take control of your health and we are here to help. We have reviewed the top mobile health applications that help with things such as tracking the intake of calories, burned calories, bmi, weight loss, and sleep, among other functionalities to encourage and support a healthier lifestyle. Now, your health is lit-erally in the palm of your hands.

BY: FARAH SAMANI

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TOP MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATIONS

Name: Carrotfit

What it is: A fitness cheerleader that tracks weight gain and loss. With the use of harsh criticism, Carrotfit motivates its users into losing weight. The app fea-tures work outs, tips, weight tracker, workout reminders, and BMI checks.

Why we like it: The app pushes users with its judgmental yet motivational re-marks. Carrotfit will use “threatening, in-spiring, ridiculing, and bribing” tech-niques to get you to where you want. It has a variety of features in one. Getting healthy hasn’t been this entertaining.

Cost: $1.99

Name: Fitocracy

What it is: The app features the ability to track your workouts, earn points, beat quests. You can work with trainers to reach your goals or make up your own routine or work with trainers using the free workout routines provided.

Why we like it: This app has its own com-munity to keep you motivated, to provide support, to compete with, and to keep you inspired. Fit pushes its users to take on new challenges and push yourself to the limit.

Cost: Free.

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Name: Fitbit

What it is: An all day activity tracker. This app counts steps, workouts and sleep patterns. It tracks caloric intake using its food log and calories burned during ac-tivity. Syncs with myfitnesspal and other Fitbit devices such as Aria, fitbits weigh scale.

Why we like it: You can compete with friends to keep your activity levels up. You can set and achieve goals then view your progress. Other additional features include gps tracking and heart-rate moni-toring.

Cost: Free. Can purchase bluetooth wire-less tracker that syncs with app.

Name: Myfitnesspal

What it is: A calorie counter that makes losing weight fast and easy with its diet and fitness tracker. This app has the larg-est food database with over 5,000,000 foods. It has a recipe uploader for those who cook and even has a built in step tracker.

Why we like it: This app is very versatile and connects with over 50 other apps and devices. Its large food database makes it fast and easy to track calories. Myfitnesspal also has a barcode scan-ner, can track food by just scanning its barcode!

Cost: Free.

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Name: UP by Jawbone

What it is: Similar to Fitbit, UP is an all day activity tracker that guides to a bet-ter and healthier you. It is an all in one track that features tracking steps, activity time, and calories burned. It also tracks sleep patterns and food intake.

Why we like it: Up features a “smart coach” that helps guide the user to mak-ing simple adjustments in their daily rou-tine. This app motivates users with its us-ers competing against each others activ-ity.

Cost: Free. Will need to purchase the product specific Bluetooth tracker. Or can download its alternate app to use without tracker.

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Mobile technology has evolved rap-

idly over the years and having a smart-

phone has become the norm. Having in-

formation at the tip of your fingers is es-

sential to todays generation. Within the

healthcare field, mobile health apps are

booming. They are bigger now than they

have ever been. It is changing the way

patients and users interact with their

health.

With busy and demanding lives, it is

easy to forget to care for our selves.

With the help of mobile health applica-

tions, it makes taking control over our

wellness a little more convenient. The

convenience of mobile health apps al-

lows users to become more involved

with their treatment and more engaged

with their care.

THE BENEFITS OF APPS IN HEALTHCARE

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By: Farah Samani

Mobile health apps benefit users a great

deal by providing them with access to

their own personal health information,

tools and references on improving

health, reminders for appointments or

prescriptions, and nutrition and fitness

logs, among other things. These apps

also provide a time and cost savings

benefits with its ability to assist users

with there basic needs with quick lookup

references and suggestions from li-

censed physicians. By utilizing health

apps, the user and the users primary phy-

sician both save time and money on of-

fice visits and healthcare costs.

Although beneficial, there are some

lingering concerns to consider regarding

mobile health apps that cause some con-

sumers to resist adapting to such

applications.These apps process large

amounts of data and are required to

maintain security and privacy regula-

tions.

This is where the analytics aspect needs

to be developed, to protect its users and

maintain HIPAA requirements.

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For those looking to lose weight and improve their

health with a fresh new mobile health app, look no fur-

ther! There are several areas to explore when looking

to improve health and overall wellness of ones self. These categories include:

◦ Sports and fitness activity tracking

◦ Diet and nutrition

◦ Weight loss coaching

◦ Pharmacy

◦ Sleep cycle analysis

◦ Stress reduction and relaxation

◦ Meditation

◦ Medical advice and patient community

◦ Menstrual period tracking

◦ Pregnancy

◦ Hospital selection and appointment management

More and more new mobile health applications are be-

ing introduced into the market each year. To keep on

top of whats trending, we have explored a few of the

hot mobile health applications within these categories

for smartphone users.

WHATS HOT? WHATS NOT?BY: FARAH SAMANI

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• Smokefree - This app helps users

quit smoking by showing how

much money they’ve saved, how

much tar and cigarettes they are

avoiding, and the steps their bod-

ies are taking to recover since stop-

ping.

• Glow: Is a woman's health tracker

app. Focused on reproductive

health. Its newest feature- part-

nered with Walgreens to “refill by

scan” prescriptions.

• Luminosity: a mental health app

aimed to improve cognition by exer-

cising the brain.

• Paul Mckenna: This app assists us-

ers with weight loss, sleep, confi-

dence, phobias. Self proclaimed

hypnosist.

• Medscape by webmd – This app

features news alerts, drug refer-

ences, disease and condition refer-

ences, news articles and more. A

one stop shop for all your medical

questions.

Whats not

These mobile health apps are a great

substitute for expensive and time-

consuming personal trainers and nutri-

tion coaches. With continuous commit-

ment, these apps will enable you to get

you what you want, when you want it.

But some of these apps aren’t so hot

among consumers. Researchers found

that mobile health apps with the lowest

ratings include those that lack a social

support aspect and lack evidence-

informed content.

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