Track 23: Mobile Health Applications and Devices

Simple tongue depressors and bedpans to intricately programmed pacemakers and closed-loop artificial pancreas systems are examples of medical equipment. In vitro diagnostic (IVD) goods, such as reagents, test kits, and blood glucose meters, are also included in the category of medical devices.

HCPs can benefit greatly from mobile devices and applications in numerous ways, but perhaps most notably from having more access to point-of-care tools, which have been demonstrated to enhance clinical decision-making and improve patient outcomes. Some HCPs, meanwhile, are still hesitant to employ them. Even with their many advantages, mobile medical applications still require improved standards and validation procedures to guarantee appropriate usage and integration of these ever-more-advanced instruments into clinical practice. By raising the entrance hurdle into the medical app market, these steps will improve the quality and safety of the apps that HCPs can now utilize.