Mhealth  Apps  for  Improved  Health  in  Medicine    

Stephen  P.  Yang,  Ph.D.    Maged  N.  Kamel  Boulos,  Ph.D  

Solu%on  

•  “Smart  mobile  devices  and  applica3ons,  working  in  concert  with  cloud  compu3ng,  social  networking  and  big  data  analy3cs,  will  be  at  the  core  of  global  health  care  transforma3on.”  – Pat  Hyek  Global  Technology  Industry  Leader,  Ernst  &  Young  

95M  Mobile  for  Health  

Fitness  Tracker  $3.8B  to  $5.6B  

#Mhealth  Apps  &  Services  $26B  by  2017  

Media Diet

Intro

Mobile Exergames • Exer(tion + video) games played on a mobile phone, smartphone, handheld computer or game console.

• Games requiring player exertion (Oh & Yang, 2010) played on smartphones, tablets (iOS, Droid), portable gaming devices, Nintendo DS, PSP/Vita, activity trackers, or GPS enabled devices.

HealthSeeker*  

Kilo-Beat

Monster  Manor*  (T1)  

Location-based, Outdoor

Figurerunning

Geosocial Apps

Harvard  &  BWH  (NFC)  

LifeFitness  (QR)  

Oakley  GPS  

Gamification features in EpicMix at Vail Resorts

Run  An  Empire  

Techno  Gym  (NFC)  

• Running mobile game. Runners listen to audio narrative stories.

• GPS & accelerometer tracks distance, time, pace, & calories burned.

• +800K downloads

• Zombies Run! online communitywww.zombiesrungame.com

Zombies Run!

Future Directions

•  Greater  awareness  and  openness  to  using  new  technologies  to  discover  things  about  the  world  and  yourself  

LynxFit, Nike+

Race Yourself

GOGOYU

Tappy  Fit  

Zamzee  

Firms  Using  Wellness  Strategies  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Cleveland  Clinic  

Health  &  Wellness  –  DigiFit  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Euco*  

Health  &  Wellness  –  FitBit  -­‐  $43M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  FitLinxx  

Health  &  Wellness  –  GetHealth  

Health  &  Wellness  –  HeiaHeia  -­‐  €1.5M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Jiff  -­‐  $18M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Nudge  $2.8M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Keas  -­‐  $7.4M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Kinema  Fitness  

Health  &  Wellness  –  League  $4M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Mango  Health  -­‐  $5.25M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Limemade  -­‐  $25M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  ShapeUp  -­‐  $7.5M  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Tac%o  

Health  &  Wellness  –  U%liFit  

Health  &  Wellness  –  Vida  -­‐  $5M  

Health  &  Wellenss  -­‐  WebMD  

To  Sensor  or  Not  to  Sensor  

FitBit  Rules  

Jawbone  +  BodyMedia  ($100M)  =  ??  

Fitness & Exercise - Moov

Fitness  &  Exercise  –  Myontec  MBody  

Fitness & Exercise - OM Signal

Fitness  &  Exercise  -­‐  Skulpt  

Next?  Glympse  

Device  &  Plajorms  

Impact EHR (DrChrono)

What  Works?  SMS,  JMIR  

Take  Away  

1.  Take  advantage  of  mo%va%on  2.  Enjoyable,  rewarding,  socially  suppor%ve  3.  Poten%al  for  Gateway  Effect  to  healthier  

lifestyles  

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Discussions  •  How  to  Systema%cally  Assess  Serious  Games  Applied  to  

Health  Care  -­‐  JMIR  Serious  Games  2014  (Nov  11);  2(2):e11  HTML:  hpp://games.jmir.org/2014/2/e11/  –  Framework  provides  game  manufacturers  with  standards  for  the  

development  of  new,  valid  serious  games.  

Mahalo!  

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Mhealth  Apps  for  Improved  Health  in  Medicine  Stephen  P.  Yang,  Ph.D    @syangman  

 Maged  N.  Kamel  Boulos,  Ph.D  @mnkboulos