Prescribing health information – the development and evaluation of a smartphone app providing guidance and management advice for a feverish child
Author(s) -
Aisling Chew,
Aaron Koshy,
Emma Lim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
future healthcare journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2514-6653
pISSN - 2514-6645
DOI - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s90
Subject(s) - advice (programming) , smartphone app , medical advice , internet privacy , mobile apps , medicine , medical education , world wide web , computer science , nursing , programming language
To develop a smartphone app-based educational module for parents and carers looking after children with fever. Following deployment, to evaluate the use and acceptability of the app-based fever module compared with a traditional leaflet.An educational multi-platform app (Pocket Health) was created with reliable up-to-date medical information in an accessible format. The app was developed by clinicians with a specific module written for the care of febrile children in response to requests for more mobile-based health …
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