Background: Depression is highly prevalent and causes considerable suffering and disease
burden despite the existence of wide-ranging treatment options. Mobile phone apps offer the …

The fast pace of technological improvement and the rapid development and adoption of
healthcare applications present crucial challenges for clinicians, users and policy makers …

Healthcare data will soon be accessible using standard, open software interfaces. Here, we
describe how these interfaces could lead to improved healthcare by facilitating the …

Objective Seeking sexual health information online is common, and provision of mobile
medical applications (apps) for STIs is increasing. Young people, inherently at higher risk of …

Sexual health is an under-explored area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), particularly
sexually transmitted infections such as HIV. Due to the stigma associated with these …

Objectives: This study aimed to assess healthcare professionals' awareness and
acceptance of telemedicine residing in Pakistan. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional …

Social media have the potential to revolutionize health and healthcare, but fulfilling this
potential requires attention to the ethical issues social media may raise. This article reviews …

Health information technology (IT) offers exciting opportunities for providing novel services
to patients, and for improving the quality and safety of care. However, the introduction of IT …

The first mobile devices to enter the market were the personal digital assistants (PDAs) of
the late 1990s and early 2000s, and they ushered in the era of handheld computers. PDAs …

Smartphone use is widespread and increasing in health with potential to revolutionise many
aspects of care. We reviewed current Australian Government legislation as well as hospital …