PROGRESS OF MOBILE HEALTH: USES AND BENEFITS

Authors : Rojan GÜMÜŞ

Pages : 21-30

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Publication Date : 2018-10-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Due to rapid  raise in phone-enabled technologies, demand for faster process of data and access to medical records, use of mobile health technologies increased and became a necessity of life for individuals. The term “mobile health” or “m-Health”, also written as m-health, stands for mobile-based or mobile-enhanced health solutions. It describes the use of mobile telecommunication integrated within mobile and wireless health care delivery systems. M-Health can be used in different purposes like fitness, wellness, disease management. Mobile applications assist to healthcare professionals in management of information, time organizing, health records maintenance and access, communications and consulting, clinical decision making, medical education and training.  This study emphasized current state of mHealth applications, development and progress in last five years. As mHealth applications market is still at the beginning many great opportunities are still waiting ahead. In this study statistics like number of mHealth Apps, total downloads of m-Health Apps, mHealth Apps developers and  mHealth Apps by  category is analyzed for last five years. Data were retrieved from different surveys, reports and scientific studies and combined in order to provide meaningful data about mHealth technologies for researchers. 
Keywords : Mobile, health, technology, application, wearable device