Makes the interesting point that it's no the app that's revolutionary/exciting in mhealth its the phone with GPS + the potential of biometric sensors communicating with an EHR
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Trackurhealth has been designed to solve all such issues being faced by any Thalaseemia patient. Using this application, patient can easily communicate with their doctor whenever they want.
The main focus of the app is physician communication, and for this it incorporates an innovative, secure SMS-like text service. But its real power lies in its deep incorporation of multiple databases of physician and related information
In particular, the makers of the app carefully integrated data from the physician NPI and Medicare databases as well as lists of medical schools, hospitals, imaging centers and pharmacies
What they’ve produced is a surprisingly refined version 1 product that can quickly answer the myriad of small, practice-related questions that pop up all day long during a busy schedule.
Mobile interactive technology (such as texting) has great potential to reach users with limited health literacy skills, and the team at ODPHP is actively exploring how we can use mobile to communicate important health messages. Recent mobile campaigns, such as TXT4BABY and KNOWIT have shown promise in this regard.
That said, the digital divide is still very much a reality and more research is needed to assess the reach and impact of mobile health