Most apps focus on fitness or wellness by helping the user do things like count calories or track steps walked. Doctors and other care providers also are taking a growing interest in using apps to help patients, but concerns about a lack of research and data protection are limiting wider use of the technology, the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics said.
Even so, health app use is shifting from being a novelty to more of a core part of care for many people, said Murray Aitken, the institute’s executive director.
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