The Prescription of Mobile Apps by Primary Care Teams: A Pilot Project in Catalonia

López Seguí, Francesc; Pratdepàdua Bufill, Carme; ABDON GIMENEZ, NURIA; Martínez Roldán, Jorge; Garcia Cuyas, Francesc

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Author

López Seguí, Francesc

Pratdepàdua Bufill, Carme

ABDON GIMENEZ, NURIA

Martínez Roldán, Jorge

Garcia Cuyas, Francesc

Date

2018-06-21

Permanent link

https://hdl.handle.net/11351/7202

DOI

10.2196/10701

ISSN

2291-5222

PMID

29929948

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Abstract

In Catalonia, the Fundació TIC Salut Social's mHealth Office created the AppSalut Site to showcase to mobile apps in the field of health and social services. Its primary objective was to encourage the public to look after their health. The catalogue allows primary health care doctors to prescribe certified, connected apps, which guarantees a safe and reliable environment for their use. The generated data can be consulted by health care professionals and included in the patient's clinical history. This document presents the intervention and the major findings following a five-month pilot project conducted in the Barcelona area.

Keywords

Mobile apps; Apps; MHealth; Primary health care; Telemedicine; Telemonitoring

Bibliographic citation

López Seguí F, Pratdepàdua Bufill C, Abdon Gimenez N, Martínez Roldán J, Garcia Cuyas F. The Prescription of Mobile Apps by Primary Care Teams: A Pilot Project in Catalonia. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Jun 21;6(6):e10701.