Evaluating the Impact of Non-Clinical M-Health Application: Towards Development of a Framework

Abstract

Mobile health (m-health) has become one of most concerned and developing areas in healthcare industry. There are large numbers of m-health application available in the market. Yet, neither theorist nor practitioners has discover or develop a framework in evaluating the impact of nonclinical m-health application. In healthcare industry, it is very important for an m-health application to be tested first before release to market, as this could lead to negative impact towards user especially patients. Money could be wasted and the m-health apps might not derived correct output. To avoid a failure in using non-clinical m-health application, the impact of using it need to be evaluated. Nonetheless, to come out with a proposed framework for m-health apps evaluation, the theories and
results of the existing frameworks should be referred to. Thus, this research aimed to discuss on the previous frameworks that are possible to be used as reference in proposing the intended framework. The new developed framework is expected to be significant and valuable for all m-health developers
and doctors in the design and use of non-clinical m-health application.