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What is worth pointing out is that people use smartphones to manage their health. In 2010, 78% of Americans expressed an interest in mobile health solutions, including interaction with physicians via mobile and wireless monitoring for a variety of medical conditions. In a prime example of this patient interest in action, the WebMD mobile application for the iPhone was downloaded 1.6 million times in its first three months in the App Store.3 Why so popular? Because WebMD focused on what patients wanted: easy-to-use, patient-centric tools that make managing their health easier. This application provides many helpful features. For example, it has a Symptom Checker, in which users may select the part of the body that is troubling them, choose their symptoms and learn about potential conditions or issues. Additional helpful features are a first aid guide, a pill identification tool and a drug database.