Mobile health in emerging countries: A survey of research initiatives in Brazil

Iwaya, Leonardo Horn; Gomes, Marco A. L.; Simplício, Marcos A.; Carvalho, Tereza Cristina de; Dominicini, Cristina K.; Sakuragui, Rony R. M.; Rebelo, M.S.; Gutierrez, Marco Antônio; Näslund, Mats; Håkansson, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.01.003

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“…Examples of m-health apps are: mobile personal health records (mPHRs) [9,10], apps for diabetes [11], apps for older adults [12] and apps for emergency healthcare support [13][14][15][16]. In difficult areas, m-health apps can help combat endemic and epidemic diseases [17,18] since countries in which such diseases are widespread have to overcome the challenges related to blood safety and availability [19,20].…”

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Compliance of Blood Donation Apps with Mobile OS Usability Guidelines

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The aim of this paper is to employ the guidelines of Android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows Phone to analyze the usability compliance of free blood donation (BD) apps. An analysis process based on a systematic review protocol is used to select free BD apps. An assessment is conducted using a questionnaire composed of 13 questions concerning the compliance of free BD apps with Android, Blackberry, iOS and Windows Phone usability guidelines. A total of 133 free BD apps have been selected from the 188 BD apps identified. Around 63% of the free BD apps selected have a good compliance with mobile OS usability recommendations. Around 72% of Android, 57% of Windows Phone, 33% of iOS and 33% of Blackberry BD apps have a high usability score. The aspect of BD app behavior should be improved along with some style components: the use of pictures to explain ideas and the adaptation of the app to both horizontal and vertical orientations. Structure patterns should also be used to improve the structure aspect of a BD app. Usability is a quality aspect that should be improved in current BD apps. Our study provides smartphone users with a list of usable free BD apps and BD app developers with recommendations.

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Compliance of Blood Donation Apps with Mobile OS Usability Guidelines

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“…Ultimately, a comprehensive BYOD policy, even when it is internal, should carefully observe the macro environment and anticipate potential integration of a variety of mobile device uses, especially as healthcare facilities work towards seamless mobile device access and communication [23,32,41,[52][53][54][55][56]. That is, the BYOD policy should cater for other mobile device uses such as diagnosis [45,[57][58][59][60][61], patient monitoring, follow-up [46,[62][63][64][65][66], data collection [43,46,51,67], and medication adherence [68,69].…”

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Bring-your-own-device in medical schools and healthcare facilities: A review of the literature (Preprint)

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“…The main advantage for public health is cost-effectiveness, scalability, and wide reach when compared to traditional treatments 24,25,26,27 . Rapid dissemination of such interventions and remote reach can potentially boost traditional treatment programs, reduce waiting lines, and increase the quit ratios in Brazil.…”

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Revisão dos aplicativos de smartphones para cessação do tabagismo disponíveis em língua portuguesa

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Resumo: Aplicativos de smartphones estão sendo desenvolvidos como uma forma complementar ao tratamento do tabagismo. O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar o conteúdo de aplicativos disponíveis na língua portuguesa em dois sistemas operacionais: Android e iOS. Cinquenta e um aplicativos foram encontrados no iTunes e 600 no Google Play. Foram incluídos na avaliação do conteúdo aqueles aplicativos que tivessem como foco a cessação do tabagismo, com um total de 12 no iOS e 3 no Android. Cada aplicativo foi categorizado por meio da sua abordagem na cessação de tabagismo e pontuado de acordo com o seu nível de aderência às diretrizes de tratamento de tabagismo do Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. Em relação às categorias, 9 foram classificados como calendário, 8 como informativo, 6 como calculadora, 3 como medidor de cigarros fumados e 1 como hipnose. Os aplicativos apresentaram baixo nível de aderência às diretrizes, com uma média de 12,8. Recomenda-se que os aplicativos disponíveis sejam revisados e que futuros aplicativos sejam desenvolvidos utilizando práticas baseadas em evidência para a cessação do tabagismo.

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Mobile health in emerging countries: A survey of research initiatives in Brazil

Cited by 76 publications

References 16 publications

Compliance of Blood Donation Apps with Mobile OS Usability Guidelines

Compliance of Blood Donation Apps with Mobile OS Usability Guidelines

Bring-your-own-device in medical schools and healthcare facilities: A review of the literature (Preprint)

Revisão dos aplicativos de smartphones para cessação do tabagismo disponíveis em língua portuguesa

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