A comprehensive review on the impacts of mobile healthand its interventions in improving public health

Abstract

Mobile health (mHealth), wearable technology, telehealth and telemedicine, and customized medicine are some of the subfields that fall under the umbrella of digital health. The use of portable wireless devices to send, store, analyze, and retrieve real-time and non-real-time data between patients and healthcare practitioners is known as mobile health or mHealth. A significant number of clinical and evidence-based research initiatives employ mobile health systems, which are mostly smartphone applications. In addition to providing the population with factual health information, mobile health information supports the messages conveyed by healthcare professionals. This study focuses on the characteristics, benefits, and milestones of mobile health technology and applications in supporting diagnostics and clinical decision-making; apps supporting behavior modification to enhance adherence to prescribed treatment paths; digital therapeutic apps; and apps primarily intended to provide disease-related education are the several categories into which mHealth is discussed.