Summary:
«Conditions such as Hashimoto’s disease often require ongoing treatment and lifestyle modifications. But apps can empower patients to improve their health.»
«Here’s the good news: Mobile apps are bridging a broad care gap, providing evidence-based information and tools for logging disease-related data to trace trends and patterns that can inform management strategies. According to a 2017 report by the IQVIA Institute, there were 318,500 mobile health apps that year—a number that was growing by 200 each day. Of these, 40 percent are dedicated to the management of a range of illnesses, most commonly heart disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal conditions, and mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, autism, ADHD, and Alzheimer’s. And studies suggest they work, alleviating the burden on the health care system while boosting patients’ ability to live better with illness.»
Article written by B.K Jackson. Photo by KITTIPHAN TEERAWATTANAKUL/EYEEM/GETTY IMAGE
15|03|2022
Source:
Wired
https://www.wired.com/story/how-apps-help-manage-chronic-illnesses/