Mobile Health Applications

What are they? Software or applications that run on smartphones or mobile communications. Example: application that counts caloric intake.

Benefits:

Manage own health. Promote healthy living. Have useful information all the time. Guidance in maintaining a healthy weight.

Health/Fitness Applications and further information go to:

• My Fitness Pal https://www.myfitnesspal.com
• Strava https://www.strava.com/mobile
• Garmin Connect https://connect.garmin.com/en-US/
• Glucose Buddy https://www.glucosebuddy.com
• Aaptiv https://aaptiv.com
• Fitbit https://www.fitbit.com/app

Mobile App Security:

Mobile Applications with greater risk require FDA review. Many mobile applications have minimal risk. But, just as any website you should look at the applications privacy content page and know what information the application will collect. Before any personal information is to be input into a website or application it is best to know what it will be used for.

Reference

Mobile Medical Applications. (2018). Mobile Medical Applications. U.S. food and drug administration. Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/digitalhealth/mobilemedicalapplications/default.htm