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NYU Stern Study Shows Significant Health Improvement in Diabetes Patients after Downloading Mobile Health ApplicationsNew research "Empowering Patients Using Smart Mobile Health Platforms: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment," from NYU Stern Professor Anindya Ghose and co-authors, Beibei Li of Carnegie Mellon University and Xitong Guo of the Harbin Institute of Technology, explores how emerging mobile health (mHealth) technologies can persuade chronic-disease patients to modify their behaviors, better manage their care, and achieve improved health outcomes, including reductions in hospital visits and medical expenses over time. This first-of-its-kind study combines data from a major mHealth firm in China, as well as the Office of Chronic Disease Management in China to evaluate the potential value of technologies such as mobile health apps and mobile-enabled EHRs as well as the importance of mHealth platform design in achieving better health care outcomes. Analyzing almost 10,000 unique responses from diabetes patients over 15 months, the study reveals:
With an estimated 50% of smartphone and tablet users now downloading mHealth applications and a market growing at a rate close to 50%, mHealth technologies have the potential to transform the way patients communicate with their healthcare providers, evaluate health recommendations, and implement their chronic-disease therapy. To speak with Professor Ghose, please contact him directly at 212-998-0807 or [email protected], or contact Janine Savarese at 212-998-0202 or [email protected] or Niamh Roberts at 212-998-0615 or [email protected] in NYU Stern's Office of Public Affairs. About New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business New York University Stern School of Business, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, is one of the nation's premier management education schools and research centers. NYU Stern, whose faculty includes three Nobel (News - Alert) Laureates in Economics, offers a broad portfolio of programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels, all of them enriched by the dynamism, energy and deep resources of one of the world's business capitals. Visit www.stern.nyu.edu and follow the conversation on Twitter (News - Alert): #SternFinTech @NYUStern. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171116006200/en/ |