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SynthesisBMC medical informatics and decision making2012

A systematic review of healthcare applications for smartphones.

Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa, Illhoi Yoo, Lincoln Sheets

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Synthesis in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02723136 (Implementing a Smartphone Application to Optimise Academic Performance Among Medical Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 353 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT02723136 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Implementing a Smartphone Application to Optimise Academic Performance Among Medical Students: A Randomised Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidad de ValparaisoRan2016 to 2016Enrolled80ConditionsEducation, MedicalArmsSmartphone Application
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Abu Saleh Mohammad MosaUniversity of Missouri Informatics Institute (MUII), 241 Engineering Building West, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Illhoi Yoo
Lincoln Sheets

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdvanced mobile communications and portable computation are now combined in handheld devices called "smartphones", which are also capable of running third-party software. The number of smartphone users is growing rapidly, including among healthcare professionals. The purpose of this study was to classify smartphone-based healthcare technologies as discussed in academic literature according to their functionalities, and summarize articles in each category.

methodsIn April 2011, MEDLINE was searched to identify articles that discussed the design, development, evaluation, or use of smartphone-based software for healthcare professionals, medical or nursing students, or patients. A total of 55 articles discussing 83 applications were selected for this study from 2,894 articles initially obtained from the MEDLINE searches.

resultsA total of 83 applications were documented: 57 applications for healthcare professionals focusing on disease diagnosis (21), drug reference (6), medical calculators (8), literature search (6), clinical communication (3), Hospital Information System (HIS) client applications (4), medical training (2) and general healthcare applications (7); 11 applications for medical or nursing students focusing on medical education; and 15 applications for patients focusing on disease management with chronic illness (6), ENT-related (4), fall-related (3), and two other conditions (2). The disease diagnosis, drug reference, and medical calculator applications were reported as most useful by healthcare professionals and medical or nursing students.

conclusionsMany medical applications for smartphones have been developed and widely used by health professionals and patients. The use of smartphones is getting more attention in healthcare day by day. Medical applications make smartphones useful tools in the practice of evidence-based medicine at the point of care, in addition to their use in mobile clinical communication. Also, smartphones can play a very important role in patient education, disease self-management, and remote monitoring of patients.

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Cell PhoneMedical Informatics Applications

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PMID22781312
PMCPMC3534499

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