mHealth randomized controlled trials

By Jonah Comstock 04:59 am December 5, 2012

Bant: A diabetes management app The role of evidence in mobile health app development -- and the level of scrutiny such apps should be subjected to -- is still an open question. At the mHealth Summit 2012, a variety of speakers from different sectors of the market offered their opinions on what, exactly, is meant by evidence and on the perennial question of the value of randomized controlled...

12 tips for mobile health randomized controlled trials

By Brian Dolan 02:54 am January 26, 2012

To date, WellDoc's DiabetesManager is one of the few mobile health apps to have gone through an RCT. At the end of last year the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) recently published an editorial that argues standards are sorely needed to help edify the growing number of mobile health and eHealth efficacy studies. The editorial is a must-read for anyone looking to conduct randomized...