A Survey on Trend, Opportunities and Challenges of mHealth Apps

Authors

  • Shaidah Jusoh Faculty of Computing & Information Technology Northern Border University Rafha Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v11i6.7265

Keywords:

mobile Health apps, mobile computing, smartphoness

Abstract


Advancement of mobile technologies such as smartphones and PC tablets has given a great impact on healthcare systems. The mobile technology offers innovative approaches to addressing complex health concerns. Many mobile health applications (mHealth apps) are currently available on marketplaces. These apps are designed to facilitate various health issues and problems, and are intended to be used outside clinics.  However, very little research has been conducted to address trend, opportunities, and challenging issues of the apps. The purpose of this study is to investigate the current state of mHealth. A literature survey was conducted. Major findings of this study include, smartphones will be the major platform for mHealth apps, the number of published software is much higher than published scientific research, current mHealth apps lacking in grounded based theory and evaluation, and security and usability issues are still vulnerable. The findings suggest that involvement of all healthcare stakeholders is critical to the success of mHealth apps.

Author Biography

Shaidah Jusoh, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology Northern Border University Rafha Saudi Arabia

Dr. Shaidah Jusoh is associate professor of  the College of Computing & Information Technology, at Northern Border University (NBU) Saudi Arabia.  Prior joining to NBU,  she was a faculty member of College of Computer Science & Information System, at Najran University, (Saudi Arabia) and a faculty member  of  Faculty of Science & Information Technology at Zarqa University (Jordan),  at the rank of associate professor. She also had experience as an assistant professor at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia,  a lecturer/senior  lecturer at Universiti Utara, Malaysia, and as a lecturer at University of Guelph, Canada. She obtained my PhD in Engineering System & Computing and MSc in Computer Science from the  University of Guelph (Canada), and BIT  with (honors) from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She has been an active member of  editorial board committees, reviewer committees and technical program committees of international journals and proceedings. She had successfully supervised PhD, Master (Thesis), Master (Project Report) students.

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Published

2017-11-27

How to Cite

Jusoh, S. (2017). A Survey on Trend, Opportunities and Challenges of mHealth Apps. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 11(6), pp. 73–85. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v11i6.7265

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 6 (2017)

Section

Papers