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. 2017 Jan:2017:92-97.
Epub 2017 Jan 10.

THE FUTURE OF MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES IN CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

Heval Mohamed Kelli  1 , Bradley Witbrodt  1 , Amit Shah  2
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THE FUTURE OF MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES IN CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

Heval Mohamed Kelli et al. Euro Med J Innov. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Mobile health (mHealth) is the utilisation of mobile technologies in healthcare and has particular relevance in improving lifestyle behaviours which may ultimately reduce cardiovascular disease risk. Various intervention studies for example integrate self-monitoring of diet and physical activity with text messaging systems to improve intermediate outcomes. Currently the future progress of mHealth technologies in formal diagnostic and therapeutic roles is pending and includes the need to validate and standardise accelerometer and heart rate data from various devices. Data also needs to be integrated from such devices into the medical record system to facilitate communication between providers and patients. Although short-term behaviour changes have been found with technologies such as Fitbit® (Fitbit, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA), whether such technologies/interventions lead to sustained behaviour change and reduced risk of myocardial infarction and death remains to be seen.

Keywords: Mobile health (mHealth); behaviour modification; cardiovascular disease; health technology; prevention.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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