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Tag: Prevention
Key features hypertension apps need to have based on an extensive review of medical literature
We reviewed over 1000 abstracts in search of studies using apps for self-management of hypertension as well as a host of meta-analyses, reviews, and guidelines to identify key features that we think are likely to help our patients be more successful. Here’s what we found.
Recent studies of smoking cessation apps show health apps are falling short of their promise
While a recent Cochrane review suggests that mobile health tools can significantly improve smoking cessation rates, a study evaluating currently available apps for smoking cessation suggests theres a long way to go to get there.
NYC offering up $50k for an app that uses city’s data trove in a unique way
New York City has announced a new app challenge aimed at finding innovative ways to use the hundreds of public datasets that it maintains. The app challenge is entitled BigApps 3.0 and is challenging software developers to create apps that use city data to make NYC better. The city collects data on everything from the […]



