Mobile Health Technology or Mhealth is a rapid developing factor in health care today. It’s goal is to make health care better and more efficient. We can also think of it as the practice of medical and public health supported by mobile devices. It is the use of mobile technology such as phones, tablets, and others for delivery of health care and services.

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Benefits of Mhealth:

-Accessible to clinical information through the apps and enabled EHRs

-Secure text messaging

-Patient communication through patient portals

-real-time monitoring to patients

-Health care provided remotely

Patient benefits

-They are able to track their own health data through mHealth applications and devices. An example of a device is a smartwatch (Fitbit)

-Through the mobile-enabled patient portals, they are able to access their clinical records

-Communicate with providers through email or text messaging