Mobile phone health apps for diabetes management: current evidence and future developments
S Goyal, J A Cafazzo, S Goyal, J A Cafazzo
Abstract
Can an app help manage diabetes? We discuss how the advent of mobile health apps in connecting patients to providers is creating new opportunities for the management of diabetes. Although there are promising outcomes, there is still much to be learned about how such technology could be fully exploited.
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