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Mobile Health Tool Adoption Supports Population Health

The usefulness of mobile health tools is growing as more patients are using apps and devices to monitor their health. However organizations need to make sure they fully support these tools to ensure they are successful.

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By Elizabeth O'Dowd

- Organizations are adopting more healthcare mobile health tools as those tools are developed to help patients be more involved in their own personal health. These mobile tools can help clinicians more accurately understand how a patient behaves in day to day life, and how that behavior impacts her overall health.

Mobile health tools have tremendous potential to improve patient care and clinician workflow, according to a recent Change Healthcare report. The researchers polled over 2,000 healthcare professionals including C-level executives and directors.

Respondents indicated current mobile health tools’ impactful uses and what the most impactful uses will be in the coming years.