mHealth: Don't Forget All the Stakeholders in the Business Case.
Carolyn PetersenSamantha A AdamsPaul R DeMuroPublished in: Medicine 2.0 (2015)
Mobile health (mHealth) facilitates linking patient-generated data with electronic health records with clinical decision support systems. mHealth can transform health care, but to realize this potential it is important to identify the relevant stakeholders and how they might be affected. Such stakeholders include primary stakeholders, such as patients, families and caregivers, clinicians, health care facilities, researchers, payors and purchasers, employer, and miscellaneous secondary stakeholders, such as vendors, suppliers, distributors, and consultants, policy makers and legislators. The breadth and depth of the mHealth market make it possible for mHealth to have a considerable effect on people's health. However, many concerns exist, including privacy, data security, funding, and the lack of case studies demonstrating efficacy and cost-effectiveness. Many American and European initiatives to address these concerns are afoot.
Keyphrases
- electronic health record
- clinical decision support
- healthcare
- public health
- adverse drug
- end stage renal disease
- health information
- palliative care
- ejection fraction
- mental health
- big data
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- machine learning
- case report
- social media
- data analysis
- patient reported outcomes