title: [Mobile health: new perspectives for healthcare provision].
abstract: to review and discuss new perspectives for healthcare provision resulting from the development of mobile health and intelligent wearable devices.
  
  
  
  an unsystematic literature review was conducted to identify complete articles published in the last 15 years with titles highlighting the term 'mHealth' and/or 'Smart wearable'.
  
  
  
  467 publications were identified in journals indexed on the CAPES portal, of which 75 were considered for analysis; evidence was then consolidated as to new possibilities arising from the spread of mobile health, grouped into the following categories: 'health status monitoring', 'information transmission and data analysis', and 'diagnosis and therapy'.
  
  
  
  the studies reviewed suggest that healthcare provision will change over the coming years with regard to the categories analyzed. This will require adaptation on the part of health professionals, academics and service users.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Thiago Augusto Hernandes
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Medicina, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luiz Augusto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Fachini
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Medicina, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thumé
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Núbia Cristina da
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Allan Claudius Queiroz
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria do
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Carmo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Júnia Marçal
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends