Healthcare Apps

There are many benefits to using health apps. Health apps help patients manage their health positive way. Health apps help patients to achieve their goals. The most common health apps are used for fitness and diet.

Confidentiality Concerns

• The main concerns for health apps is if health app provides confidentiality for patients. Some things to look for are if a app requests a signed consent and how the patient's personal information is being use and the reasons are made clear to the user. Another consideration if the patients personal medical information is protected. 

Some other things to look for in an health app is there

• Research substance to the App?
• Who is providing information for the App?
• Is the App offering something to good to be true?
• Is the app recommended by a healthcare professional (for example: nurse, doctor)?
• Review App description, veiwer ratings, and review

Health Apps Examples and Links

Blood Pressure Companion App: (Monitor Blood Pressure)

https://asolytics.com/applications/de-medando-bloodpressurecompanion?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%5BANN-US-D%5D%20General%20-%20Search%20-%20USA%20-%20Desktop&utm_term=blood%20pressure%20companion&utm_content=blood%20pressure%20companion

HealthyOut App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/healthyout-healthy-restaurant-nutrition-guide/id566409966 (Lifestyle App) 

AliveCor ECG Heart Monitor App: www.alivecor.com (Cardiac Monitoring)

GlucOracle App: glucoracle.com (Diabetes Management)

Reference:

Retrieved from :
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4286553/
https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/health-app-choices.h11-1589046.html
https://www.termsfeed.com/blog/privacy-guidelines-health-apps/
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