Design Frameworks for Mobile Health Technology

Abstract

The World Health Organization envisions that mobile health (mHealth) technologies will revolutionize healthcare to help people around the world. This review examined recent literature to assess the state-of-the-art of mHealth technology design frameworks and guidelines. Through multiple rounds of searches and screenings, twelve eligible research publications were selected from MEDLINE and Web of Science for full analyses, including selected bibliometrics, categorical meta-trend analyses and inductive content analysis. This review reveals the current state of mHealth research, highlights impactful design frameworks and guidelines, generates the current action cycle for mHealth technology research, and discusses on practical implications as well as future directions for mHealth research and design.

Visualisation of Information Using Patient Journey Maps for a Mobile Health Application

“…In recent years, the demand for mobile healthcare services has expanded significantly owing to the ageing population, increasing interest in personal healthcare, and popularisation of smart devices. Mobile healthcare refers to the use of mobile devices to provide healthcare services and information to individual users, whereby they can check their health status and access healthcare services [1,2]. Compared with traditional face-to-face services, mobile healthcare services are time-and cost-efficient and enable simultaneous and rapid distribution of information to numerous users.…”