title: Diabetes mHealth Apps: Designing for Greater Uptake.
abstract: mHealth apps are not being used. Over 45,000 mhealth apps are languishing in mobile app stores. We evaluated over 200 diabetes mobile apps found in the Apple and Google app stores using a framework that we recently published. None of the apps met all 15 criteria identified by our framework. The largest number of apps fell into the category of Type 1 diabetes blood sugar and medication trackers. Other types of apps included educational apps such as recipe apps, guideline dissemination apps, simple diabetes education apps, etc. There is a need for more Type 2 apps and for all types of apps that are better integrated into EMRs for more holistic care that can be prescribed by clinicians and monitored and supported by the health care team.
authors.affiliation: InfoClin Inc, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Ronak
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brahmbhatt
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Shadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niakan
authors.affiliation: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
authors.forename: Nishita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: York University, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Anukriti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.affiliation: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
authors.forename: Ashfiya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pirani
authors.affiliation: InfoClin Inc, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keshavjee
authors.affiliation: InfoClin Inc, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Dora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mugambi
authors.affiliation: InfoClin Inc, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Nasrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.affiliation: InfoClin Inc, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Keshavjee
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D055927:Cookbooks as Topic; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: EMR integration; Type 1; Type 2; diabetes; effectiveness; mhealth app architecture; mhealth apps; mobile apps