The value of mobile apps in health care.
Hospitals should keep three considerations in mind when developing a mobile app or tool: Focus on a tool that can help patients determine whether a physician visit is needed. Have finance professionals play a supporting rather than a leading role in the development of in-house mobile health apps. Keep it simple (for instance, by limiting the number of steps patients have to go through to use a mobile app or tool.
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