Only 16% of healthcare professionals currently use mobile applicationswith their patients, but 46% plan to do so in the next five years, according to a 2015 survey of 500 professionals by Research Now, a Plano, Texas-based market research firm. Even so, 86% of the professionals surveyed said they believe mobile apps will increase their knowledge of their patients’ conditions, while 46% said the apps will improve their relationships with patients.
Research Now also surveyed consumers who use medical apps and found that 96% said they believe the devices help them improve the quality of their lives. Sixty percent use them to monitor their activity and their workouts, 49% to count their calories and 42% to monitor weight loss.
“I have patients asking me all the time about health-related apps,” said Dr. Mike Sevilla, a family physician who belongs to a six-physician group practice in Salem, Ohio. “It’s really a great way for me to talk to my patients and make them accountable” for managing their own health.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151128/MAGAZINE/311289981
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Connie’s comments: Consumers will define the future of mobile health application. The apps should benefit the communities and demographics they serve. The app should facilitate communication and delivery of health care. It should not be used as a diagnosis but as monitoring and patient-centered tool.
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Connie Dello Buono is based in Sunnyvale California. Her first ebook is about women's health, Birthing Ways Healing Ways and her recent one is about cancer prevention, Curated Healing Ways. She had helped women have holistic childbirth as childbirth educator, founded Motherhealth, to serve seniors in the bay area with holistic caregivers and blogs at www.clubalthea.com with more than 10,000 health and finance related posts.
Connie trains her own caregivers, which are the favorites of most bay area seniors who are home bound and alone.
She is active in the rehab and nursing facilities, volunteering on music and movement for seniors.
She is a member of Lion's club and offered scholarships to students in the Philippines.
She is active at churchinsunnyvale.us and has Fridays Bible home study in Sunnyvale using the recovery version of the Bible , free at biblesforamerica.us
She loves dancing and teaching and her courses can be found at
https://teachclub.com/@thriveafter60
She is California Life Insurance licensed providing life insurance for older adults with health issues and helping women retire safely with income for life.
at menloassetca.com , she helps with 401k rollover.
3 Benefit plans
- Mortgage protection using term life insurance to pay for mortgage balance in event of death
- Final Expense plan using Single Issue Whole Life Insurance, with cash back, disability benefit and guaranteed in the presence of health issues
- Fixed Index Annuity retirement plan for safe, accessibility, less fees, less taxes, avoids probate as it goes directly to beneficiaries, rate of return with no downside market participation.
She brings compassion and understanding to the needs of her clients, bringing holistic approach in health and life insurance. Her goal is to free families from worries especially during covid with caregivers and life insurance in the presence of health issues, especially for women.
She can be reached at 408-854-1883 , motherhealth@gmail.com
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