Hospital-Owned Apps in Taiwan: Nationwide Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decade, the use of mobile phone apps in the health care industry has grown rapidly. Owing to the high penetration rate of Internet use in Taiwan, hospitals are eager to provide their own apps to improve the accessibility of medical care for patients.

Objective

The aims of this study were to provide an overview of the currently available hospital-owned apps in Taiwan and to conduct a cross-hospital comparison of app features.

Methods

In May 2017, the availability of apps from all 414 hospitals in Taiwan was surveyed from the hospital home pages and the Google Play app store. The features of the downloaded apps were then examined in detail and, for each app, the release date of the last update, download frequency, and rating score were obtained

SUBMITTER: Liu HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5790962 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature