mHealthPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-23-9
J. Moses, S. Adibi, N. Wickramasinghe, Lemai Nguyen, M. Angelova, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam
{"title":"Non-invasive blood glucose monitoring technology in diabetes management: review","authors":"J. Moses, S. Adibi, N. Wickramasinghe, Lemai Nguyen, M. Angelova, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-23-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-23-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"34 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139457604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-23-24
Youn Sun Son, Ki Han Kwon
{"title":"Utilization of smart devices and the evolution of customized healthcare services focusing on big data: a systematic review","authors":"Youn Sun Son, Ki Han Kwon","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-23-24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-23-24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"3 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139457737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-23-16
Kristin E. Heron, Charlotte A. Dawson, Cassidy M. Sandoval, Lauren V. Butler, Abby L. Braitman, Alison Cerezo, Robin J. Lewis
{"title":"Refining an ecological momentary assessment study of binge eating among sexual minority and heterosexual young women: a mixed methods pilot study","authors":"Kristin E. Heron, Charlotte A. Dawson, Cassidy M. Sandoval, Lauren V. Butler, Abby L. Braitman, Alison Cerezo, Robin J. Lewis","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-23-16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-23-16","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is used to capture daily lived experiences, states, and environments. Although EMA is commonly used in behavioral health research, there remains a dearth of literature on how researchers account for design considerations of EMA techniques when designing studies. The goal of this formative mixed methods study was to elicit feedback on EMA study procedures and materials from the target populations for a larger study about binge eating among sexual minority and heterosexual young women, in which data are collected entirely remotely.","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135965965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-23-11
Namita Bhardwaj, Andrew T. Herndon, Yong-Fang Kuo, Laura R. Porterfield
{"title":"Text messaging intervention for Pap smear uptake: a single-institution study","authors":"Namita Bhardwaj, Andrew T. Herndon, Yong-Fang Kuo, Laura R. Porterfield","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-23-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-23-11","url":null,"abstract":": Cervical cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death among women in many parts of the world. With the increasing proliferation of mobile technology, text messaging interventions have been effective in improving Pap smear uptake in non-United States populations. This study evaluated whether text message reminders from a health system in Galveston, Texas, USA increased uptake of cervical cancer screening as compared to usual care. A single text message reminder was sent to 16,002 unique patient phone numbers using the Televox Communication Program from February 20, 2019, to April 4, 2019. The institution’s population health database was subsequently used to determine if patients received cervical cancer screening (Pap smear) following the text message transmission. Patient demographics within text message and control groups were compared using Chi-square tests. Our text messaging intervention to improve Pap smear rates did not show a statistically significant difference between the intervention group receiving a text message and the control. However, there were significant interactions between text messages and age, financial class, and county (P=0.0023, 0.0299, and <0.0001, respectively). Text messaging did have a positive impact on our most vulnerable patient populations given that the text messaging intervention showed a marginally higher rate of Pap smear among Medicaid and low-income/uninsured (MLIU) patients. Text messaging interventions do have effectiveness in increasing Pap smear uptake in populations which are most impacted by health disparities.","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135965966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-2023-03
Robert S. H. Istepanian
{"title":"mHealth: attaining key milestone on the journal’s first impact factor and citation score","authors":"Robert S. H. Istepanian","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-2023-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-2023-03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135965964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-23-38
Clarence Baxter
{"title":"Health scorecards and electronic patient reported outcome measures (e-PROMs): the sum of us?","authors":"Clarence Baxter","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-23-38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-23-38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135965963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-23-27
Vahagn Aldzhyan, Carine Tamamian, James H. Tabibian
{"title":"Leveraging telemedicine in gastroenterology and hepatology: a narrative review","authors":"Vahagn Aldzhyan, Carine Tamamian, James H. Tabibian","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-23-27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-23-27","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Objective: Over the years, telemedicine has played a prominent role in delivering healthcare to patients. Due to its flexibility and many benefits, telemedicine confers physicians the ability to guide and promote medical care remotely. The advent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the landscape of medicine and has accelerated the usage of digital and remote healthcare systems for clinical care. Herein, we provide an overview of telemedicine, its applications in managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), celiac disease (CD), and liver diseases, its advantages and limitations, and its use in educating the next generation of gastroenterologists.","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135965969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-2023-02
Henry A. Willis, Enrique W. Neblett Jr
{"title":"More than a “Commentary”: response to Cassivi and Blanchet Garneau’s “More than juxtaposition” commentary","authors":"Henry A. Willis, Enrique W. Neblett Jr","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-2023-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-2023-02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135965962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-23-26
Christine Cassivi, Amélie Blanchet Garneau
{"title":"More than juxtaposition: a commentary to Willis et al.’s (2023) mixed method study on mobile mental health interventions","authors":"Christine Cassivi, Amélie Blanchet Garneau","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-23-26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-23-26","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135965967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mHealthPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-23-17
Florian Dittrich, Annabelle Mielitz, Evgenii Pustozerov, Dennis Lawin, Ute von Jan, Urs-Vito Albrecht
{"title":"Digital health applications from a government-regulated directory of reimbursable health apps in Germany—a systematic review for evidence and bias","authors":"Florian Dittrich, Annabelle Mielitz, Evgenii Pustozerov, Dennis Lawin, Ute von Jan, Urs-Vito Albrecht","doi":"10.21037/mhealth-23-17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-23-17","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The Digital Healthcare Act, passed in November 2019, authorizes healthcare providers in Germany to prescribe digital health applications (DiGA) to patients covered by statutory health insurance. If DiGA meet specific efficacy requirements, they may be listed in a special directory maintained by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. Due to the lack of well-founded app evaluation tools, the objectives were to assess (I) the evidence quality situation for DiGA in the literature and (II) how DiGA manufacturers deal with this issue, as reflected by the apps available in the aforementioned directory.","PeriodicalId":74181,"journal":{"name":"mHealth","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135965968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}