Evolving Frontier A Review of the Role of Mobile Medical Application Prescribing

Objective: To describe the continuum of medical app prescribing. Data Sources: A review of literature was conducted using PubMed and MEDLINE. Search terms included medical app, prescribing, healthcare apps, medical phone apps, and mobile medical apps. Studies published in English from 2005 to December 2015 were included. Study Selection and Data Extraction: A total of 2264 articles were uncovered in the initial search. The publications included studies conducted in the United States and Europe within the past 10 years. Studies with a mobile app intervention were preferred. However, studies lacking a mobile app intervention were also included. No restrictions on the type of health application discussed in studies were chosen. Non–English language publications were excluded from the review. A total of 15 articles were selected based on the inclusion criteria and reviewer screening. Data Synthesis: The literature review identified that this is an area that requires further study to analyze the extent to whic...