User:Melissa9906/sandbox

= Telys’ World: A Mobile App For Accurate Health Information =

Context
Today's world has seen a significant increase in the use of technology, which many people use to help them with day-to-day tasks. Technology is used for a wide range of purposes, including entertainment, communication, education, transportation, and health care, among others. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Observatory for eHealth defines mobile health (mHealth) as "medical and public health practice supported by mobile devices, such as mobile phones, patient monitoring devices, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other wireless devices." Mobile health performance objectives include monitoring changes in health behavior and promoting better lifestyle changes by implementing mobile and data communication devices such as mobile software applications (apps) or wearable gadgets. Mobile health, also known as mHealth, will benefit communities with limited access to health care services if it is designed without flaws that allow users with low health literacy levels to use it. Telys' World Mobile Health App includes an embedded searchable literature database to demonstrate how healthcare providers and patients/clients can gain access to accurate information. Telys' World Mobile Health App was created with the sole purpose of providing providers and patients/clients with a location where fact-checked based health information was available at the click of a button. Caspio was used to create the searchable database that would later be embedded in the app as a search to gain access to deeper into the app used key words/key terms to help located certain topic which would assist medical healthcare providers and patients/clients easily research background information.

Mobile App Assignment
Students acted out the role of a nurse informatics in one of New York's eHealth consulting firms, with the goal of developing an app using MIT APP Inventor to implement a fact-checking and information/evidence dissemination system based on current literature that promotes digital literacy and technology adoption among healthcare providers and patients/clients, particularly older people.

Skills/Educational Outcomes
Nurse Informatics acquired a variety of skills to develop a successful app. Design, writing, and clean coding were among the skills required. The app's design is an important skill because the visual is what entices the user to use the app. Many people will be discouraged from using the application if the appearance content is unappealing. The choice of language is also important for the app prompt to convey a clear message about the app's purpose. Because of the uncertainty of the app's function, having an unclear message will only discourage many people from using it. The coding language used must be clean for the application to run smoothly and without technical difficulties. Skills such as design, writing, and clean coding were used to ensure a well-developed app like Telys' World Mobile Health App. One of the main benefits of the app is that it provides convenience on both sides because nearly two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone, and 19 percent of Americans rely on a smartphone to some extent for accessing online services and information and staying connected to the world around them. Because of the numerous benefits that come with providing and receiving medical services, mobile health apps will continue to grow in the medical field.