Review and Analysis of Existing Mobile Phone Apps to Support Heart Failure Symptom Monitoring and Self-Care Management Using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS).

Ruth Marie Masterson Creber Mathew S Maurer Meghan Reading Turchioe Grenny Hiraldo Kathleen T Hickey Sarah J Iribarren

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2016)

This review suggests that few apps meet prespecified criteria for quality, content, or functionality, highlighting the need for further refinement and mapping to evidence-based guidelines and room for overall quality improvement in heart failure symptom monitoring and self-care related apps.

Keyphrases

heart failure
quality improvement
left ventricular
high resolution
patient safety
cardiac resynchronization therapy
atrial fibrillation
clinical practice
mass spectrometry