[Editorial] Does mobile health matter?

Widespread adoption of digital health applications (apps) in five patient populations (diabetes prevention, diabetes, asthma, cardiac rehabilitation, and pulmonary rehabilita-tion) could save the US health system $7 billion a year according to a report published by the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science (formerly QuintilesIMS) on Nov 7. The report examines the impact of internet-connected mobile devices on human health and describes a doubling of health condition management mobile apps in the past 2 years.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research