Comunicación científica (XXIX). De la eHealth a la mHealth. Apps en pediatría
- Carolina Navarro Molina
- J.M. López Gil
- Lourdes Castelló Cogollos
- Francisco Javier González de Dios
- Rafael Aleixandre Benavent
ISSN: 0001-6640
Year of publication: 2015
Volume: 73
Issue: 11
Pages: 313-318
Type: Article
More publications in: Acta pediátrica española
Abstract
The widespread use of mobile devices has led to the development of a wideand varied application catalog, which has spread to the health sector. These applications aidmedical professionals in the medical practice, while helping in developing a proactive role by the patients in the monitoring tasks. The context and featuresof theapplications used in the health sector aredescribed and a list of some of the most outstanding applications in the field of pediatrics is provided, including updating practitioners’ knowledge, help in management tasks, consultation ondiagnostics and those most used by parents to facilitate tracking and monitoring. A list of the main directories and search engines for apps is also presented to help findingproper applications among the wide range of available applications.Besides, national and international initiatives to assess the quality and reliability of these applications are also presented.