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Mobile Application for Healthcare

In: Exploring Innovation in a Digital World

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  • Rocco Reina

    (University of Catanzaro)

  • Marzia Ventura

    (University of Catanzaro)

  • Concetta L. Cristofaro

    (University of Catanzaro)

  • Walter Vesperi

    (University of Messina)

Abstract

The Covid-19 era asks for a reduction in face to face relationships. For this reason, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are becoming the main tool able to substitute the direct relationship among people. So, one tool able to support health authorities in monitoring and mitigating the ongoing COVID-19 was Mobile Applications (mApps), by facilitating follow-up among patients and practitioners and providing direct guidance to citizens in order to play their part in the control of the disease. The main purpose of this paper, is to know and analyze features and functionalities of the mApps for COVID-19, currently available in the widely used smartphones applications stores, like Play Store and iTunes. The first results obtained at this stage of the research have permit to give a preliminary taxonomy of the mApps specifically oriented to COVID health management in Italy. The research found n°71 mApps operating on principle stores, by underlining features and aspects useful to make users more responsible and self management regarding own health. MApps in COVID period could represent one organizational support for maintaining a useful relationship among patients and health operators regarding health care assistance. In order to do this it’s necessary to determine optimal capabilities and evaluate utility and clinical benefit of these tools. This work permits to recognize and obtain first informations to this regard.

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  • Rocco Reina & Marzia Ventura & Concetta L. Cristofaro & Walter Vesperi, 2021. "Mobile Application for Healthcare," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Federica Ceci & Andrea Prencipe & Paolo Spagnoletti (ed.), Exploring Innovation in a Digital World, pages 264-290, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-030-87842-9_18
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87842-9_18
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