Bringing Health and Fitness Data Together for Connected Health Care: Mobile Apps as Enablers of Interoperability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A transformation is underway regarding how we deal with our health. Mobile devices make it possible to have continuous access to personal health information. Wearable devices, such as Fitbit and Apple's smartwatch, can collect data continuously and provide insights into our health and fitness. However, lack of interoperability and the presence of data silos prevent users and health professionals from getting an integrated view of health and fitness data. To provide better health outcomes, a complete picture is needed which combines informal health and fitness data collected by the user together with official health records collected by health professionals. Mobile apps are well positioned to play an important role in the aggregation since they can tap into these official

SUBMITTER: Gay V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704968 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature