Background: The increasing prevalence of sedentary lifestyles has prompted the development of innovative public health interventions, such as smartphone applications that deliver personalised exercise programs. The widespread availability of mobile technologies (e.g., smartphone apps…
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Background: Technological advances allow for recording and sharing health-related data in a patient-centric way using smartphones and wearables. Secure sharing of such patient-generated data with physicians would enable close management of individual health trajectories,…
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Regulated mobile health applications are called digital health applications (“DiGA”) in Germany. To qualify for reimbursement by statutory health insurance companies, DiGA have to prove positive care effects in scientific studies. Since the empirical…
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Background: Maternal mortality remains a persistent challenge in low- and middle-income countries, where evidence-based interventions of obstetric triage and prehospital communication remain sparse. There is limited implementation evidence for technology-based approaches to improve obstetric…
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Background: Consumer-based wearables are becoming more popular and provide opportunities to track individual’s clinical parameters remotely. However, literature about their criterion and known groups validity is scarce. Objective: This study aimed to assess the…
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Background: ViSi Mobile has the capability of monitoring a patient’s posture continuously during hospitalization. Analysis of ViSi telemetry data enables researchers and healthcare providers to quantify an individual patient’s movement and investigate collective patterns…
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Background: Personal safety is a widespread public health issue that affects people of all demographics. There is a growing interest in the use of mobile apps for enhancing personal safety, particularly for children and…
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Background: As the most malignant type of cancer in the female reproductive system, ovarian cancer (OC) has become the second leading cause of death among Chinese women. Chemotherapy is the main treatment for OC…
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Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH), is a chronic and complex condition, requiring consistent management and education. The widespread use of smartphones has opened possibilities for mobile health apps to support both patients and healthcare professionals…
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