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mHealth (mobile health) refers to the use of mobile and wireless devices in the support of healthcare delivery and improvement of health outcomes. mHealth has evolved from eHealth (electronic health), the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for health services and information transfer. According to the World Health Organization [1], mHealth “has the potential to transform the face of health service delivery across the globe. A powerful combination of factors is driving this change. These include rapid advances in mobile technologies and applications, a rise in new opportunities for the integration of mobile health into existing mHealth services, and the continued growth in coverage of mobile cellular networks.” The potential applications and benefits of mHealth are extensive and expanding [2] (table 1). Many of these tools can be applied to asthma and allergies.
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mHealth is promising but the human factors for its design, development and evaluation need to be considered http://ow.ly/cEhN30an6TK
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- Received March 2, 2017.
- Accepted March 5, 2017.
- Copyright ©ERS 2017