Using Mobile Phone Apps to Deliver Rural General Practitioner Services: Critical Review Using the Walkthrough Method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The widespread use of mobile phones represents new frontiers for improving access to health care. This includes using mobile apps to deliver general practitioner (GP) services in rural areas. However, the wider adoption of apps for increasing access to rural GP services relies on understanding how they might intersect with the rural health system context.

Objective

This research aims to critically review mobile apps for delivering GP services in a rural health service context using the walkthrough method.

Methods

The sample comprised 3 GP service apps under the top 100 list in the medical category in the Apple App Store (also available via the Google Play Store) in Australia as of June 2020. The walkthrough method was applied to extract data and critique th

SUBMITTER: O'Sullivan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8826308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature