Improved patient engagement in self-management of health, a key to sustainable preventative healthcare systems

Abstract

The use of mobile health together with the Internet of Things (IoT) technology and wireless networks have the potential of reshaping the healthcare systems towards the patient-centred and preventative ones. Better empowered patients which are familiar with smart technology represent a viable way for raising the quality of the self-management of health. Usability is a key factor for a successful acceptance of mHealth solutions. This paper presents the results of the heuristic evaluation of two mHealth apps that support self-healthcare revealed several important usability problems which have to be fixed in the further versions.