The transformative power of mobile medicine : leveraging innovation, seizing opportunities, and overcoming obstacles of mhealth

__The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine: Leveraging Innovation, Seizing Opportunities, and Overcoming Obstacles of mHealth__ addresses the rapid advances taking place in mHealth and their impact on clinicians and patients. It provides guidance on reliable mobile health apps that are based on sound scientific evidence, while also offering advice on how to stay clear of junk science. The book explores the latest developments, including the value of blockchain, the emerging growth of remote sensors in chronic patient care, the potential use of Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant as patient bedside assistants, the use of Amazon’s IoT button, and much more. This book enables physicians and nurses to gain a deep understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of mobile health and helps them choose evidence-based mobile medicine tools to improve patient care. Front Cover The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine Copyright Page Dedication Contents About the Authors Preface Cynicism, Optimism, and Transformation 1. Innovations in mHealth, Part 1: The Role of Blockchain, Conversational Interfaces, and Chatbots Blockchain System Architecture for MedRec Artificial Intelligence and Ambient Digital Assistants Intelligent Virtual Agents Technology in the Service of Altruism References 2. Innovations in mHealth, Part 2: Electronic Health Record–Linked Apps, Remote Patient Monitoring, and the Internet of Things Using Electronic Health Record–Linked Mobile Apps to Improve Patient Care Remote Patient Monitoring and Wearables Choosing the Best Monitoring Technology Sensor Pads Blood Glucose Meters Pulse Oximeters, Spirometers, and Peak Flow Meters Multifunction Remote Monitoring Systems The Internet of Things: Getting Past the Hype Shining a Light on Beacon Technology At the Intersection of Evidence and Doubt Reductionism Versus Systems Biology References 3. Exploring the Strengths and Weaknesses of Mobile Health Apps Will mHealth Fade Into the Sunset? Choosing Effective, Sticky Health Apps The Role of N of 1 Studies in Mobile Medicine Usability, User Ratings, and Observations Studies Expert Recommendations References 4. Mobile Apps: Heart Disease, Hypertension, and Atrial Fibrillation Hypertension Atrial Fibrillation Dyslipidemia, Stress, and Remote Monitoring Root Cause Analysis References 5. A Mobile Approach to Diabetes and Asthma Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Addressing Prediabetes Managing Type 2 Diabetes Creating the Next Generation Diabetic Mobile App Managing Asthma With Mobile Technology The Role of Mobile Technology in Asthma Research References 6. Mental Health Mobile App Criteria How Strong Is the Evidence? References 7. Reinventing Clinical Decision Support: What Role for Mobile Technology? Clinical Decision Support Basics The Technological Underpinning of Next Generation CDS What is CDS Capable of? What is the Human Brain Capable of? Reviewing Available CDS Systems Measuring the Impact of Clinical Decision Support Tools What Will the CDS System of the Future Look Like? Incorporating Systems Biology/Network Medicine Into CDS References 8. Telemedicine: Is It Good Patient Care? What Does Telemedicine Include? What Are the Advantages of Telemedicine? Physicians Remain Skeptical Regulations Governing Telemedicine Reimbursement Evidence of Clinical Effectiveness Limitations, Concerns, and Criticisms The Future Belongs to Medical Self-Care References 9. Patient Engagement: Our Top Priority How to Enhance Patient Engagement Does Patient Engagement Improve Clinical Outcomes? References 10. Mobile Security Thinking Strategically Covering the Basics Bring Your Own Device: Bring Your Own Disaster? Mobile Device Management Software The Virtues of Virtual Private Networks The Difference Between Http and Https Don’t Ignore Dangers Inherent in Social Engineering References Further Reading 11. Designing Mobile Health Apps What Do Patients and Clinicians Need? Understand the Regulatory Environment AllEye: Learning From Failure and Success References Index Back Cover The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine: Leveraging Innovation, Seizing Opportunities, and Overcoming Obstacles of mHealth addresses the rapid advances taking place in mHealth and their impact on clinicians and patients. It provides guidance on reliable mobile health apps that are based on sound scientific evidence, while also offering advice on how to stay clear of junk science. The book explores the latest developments, including the value of blockchain, the emerging growth of remote sensors in chronic patient care, the potential use of Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant as patient bedside assistants, the use of Amazon's IoT button, and much more. This book enables physicians and nurses to gain a deep understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of mobile health and helps them choose evidence-based mobile medicine tools to improve patient care. Provides clinicians and technologists with an update on the latest mobile health initiatives and tools, including the work done at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Encompasses case studies with real-world examples to turn abstract concepts into flesh and blood examples of how mHealth benefits the public Presents drawings, graphics and flow charts to help readers visualize the functionality and value of mobile medicine