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Most health apps have the ability to collect and share patient data, study finds

Mobi Health News

While mHealth apps collect and share user data less often than other types of apps, researchers say these apps have serious privacy problems.

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Litesprite's mobile videogame improves self-reported mental health in small trial

Mobi Health News

A small, 6-week retrospective study published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth found that a behavior health-focused videogame developed by digital health company Litesprite improved self-reported measures of depression, anxiety, and confidence in coping skills.

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Chilean women's attitudes toward Pap screening reminder texts vary by age

Mobi Health News

A study in JMIR mHealth and UHealth investigated the barriers preventing Chilean women from being tested for cervical cancer.

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Mobile prenatal care via apps can complement in-person visits: study

FierceHealthIT

Mobile prenatal care visits prove just as effective as in-person provider visits, according to a recent study published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

Virtual care bolstered ongoing clinical trials, a large focus of this study. Across all three medical conditions studied, videoconferencing, in particular, garnered relatively rave reviews among patients using the platform for the first time. We’re calling it Consumer Directed Virtual Care.”.

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Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Health Populi

IQVIA has been closely following the growth, investment in, and clinical evidence for digital health since 2013, when I reviewed their first paper on “mHealth” here in Health Populi. . Then, IQVIA evaluated the universe of about 40,000 apps available in the iTunes store.

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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

Stanford Medicine interviewed 523 physicians and 210 medical students and residents in September and October 2019 to assess clinicians’ perspectives on digital health topics for this study. Similarly, one-half of consumers expressed demand for digital health technologies in a study from GlobalWebIndex last year.