MPC Member Publications

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Title: Achieving the potential of mHealth in medicine requires challenging the ethos of care delivery

Citation Type: Journal Article

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DOI: 10.1017/S1463423622000068

Abstract: Mobile Health (mHealth) interventions have received a mix of praise and excitement, as well as caution and even opposition over recent decades. While the rapid adoption of mHealth solutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic has weakened resistance to integrating these digital approaches into practice and generated renewed interest, the increased reliance on mHealth signals a need for optimizing development and implementation. Despite an historically innovation resistant medical ethos, mHealth is becoming a normalized supplement to clinical practice , highlighting increased demand. Reaching the full potential of mHealth requires new thinking and investment. The current challenge to broaden mHealth adoption and to ensure equity in access may be overcoming a "design purgatory," where innovation fails to connect to practice. We recommend leveraging the opportunity presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to disrupt routine practice and with a new focus on theory-driven replicability of mHealth tools and strategies aimed at medical education and professional organizations.

Url: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423622000068

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Authors: Grande, Stuart W; Ratanawong, John P; Naslund, John A; Mikal, Jude P

Periodical (Full): Primary Health Care Research & Development

Issue: e18

Volume: 23

Pages: 1-7

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