Careful considerations for mHealth app development: lessons learned from QuestExplore.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) applications (app) have proven to be useful in gathering symptom data for a variety of populations living with chronic and serious illnesses. These mHealth tools have been built for a variety of populations but can quickly lose their novelty over time due to the lack of changes and engagement between the mHealth tool and the user. High costs, constantly changing timelines, and difficulties in building compliant data storage systems are some of the reasons why mHealth development and implementation can be a challenge.

Methods

Our team's tool, QuestExplore (QE), was built in collaboration with healthcare providers, child-life specialists, a music therapist, mobile app developers, data specialists, cyber security specialists, researchers, and

SUBMITTER: Subramaniam A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343977 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature