Interaction Empowerment in Mobile Health: Concepts, Challenges, and Perspectives
In its most trending interpretation, empowerment in health care is implemented as a patient-centered approach. In the same sense, many mobile health (mHealth) apps are being developed with a primary focus on the individual user. The integration of mHealth apps into the health care system...
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| author | Marietta Hamberger Nensi Ikonomi Julian D Schwab Silke D Werle Axel Fürstberger Angelika MR Kestler Martin Holderried Udo X Kaisers Florian Steger Hans A Kestler |
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In its most trending interpretation, empowerment in health care is implemented as a patient-centered approach. In the same sense, many mobile health (mHealth) apps are being developed with a primary focus on the individual user. The integration of mHealth apps into the health care system has the potential to counteract existing challenges, including incomplete or nonstandardized medical data and lack of communication, especially in the intersectional context (eg, patients, medical forces). However, concerns about data security and privacy, regional differences in regulations, lack of accessibility, and nontransparent apps hinder the successful integration of mHealth into the health care system. One approach to address this is to rethink the interpretation of empowerment. On that basis, we here examine existing approaches of individual empowerment and subsequently analyze a different view of empowerment in digital health, namely interaction empowerment. Such a change of perspective could positively influence intersectoral communication and facilitate secure data and knowledge sharing. We discuss this novel viewpoint on empowerment, focusing on more efficient integration and development of mHealth approaches. A renewed interpretation of empowerment could thus buffer current limitations of individual empowerment while also advancing digitization of the health system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39e1612959fb42bb9f9d112627b7c5e62023-08-28T21:24:32ZengJMIR PublicationsJMIR mHealth and uHealth2291-52222022-04-01104e3269610.2196/32696Interaction Empowerment in Mobile Health: Concepts, Challenges, and PerspectivesMarietta Hambergerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1261-3969Nensi Ikonomihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0780-5832Julian D Schwabhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3050-0618Silke D Werlehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5153-0269Axel Fürstbergerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6907-9077Angelika MR Kestlerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5214-9884Martin Holderriedhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-0516Udo X Kaisershttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3781-0843Florian Stegerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8108-1591Hans A Kestlerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4759-5254 In its most trending interpretation, empowerment in health care is implemented as a patient-centered approach. In the same sense, many mobile health (mHealth) apps are being developed with a primary focus on the individual user. The integration of mHealth apps into the health care system has the potential to counteract existing challenges, including incomplete or nonstandardized medical data and lack of communication, especially in the intersectional context (eg, patients, medical forces). However, concerns about data security and privacy, regional differences in regulations, lack of accessibility, and nontransparent apps hinder the successful integration of mHealth into the health care system. One approach to address this is to rethink the interpretation of empowerment. On that basis, we here examine existing approaches of individual empowerment and subsequently analyze a different view of empowerment in digital health, namely interaction empowerment. Such a change of perspective could positively influence intersectoral communication and facilitate secure data and knowledge sharing. We discuss this novel viewpoint on empowerment, focusing on more efficient integration and development of mHealth approaches. A renewed interpretation of empowerment could thus buffer current limitations of individual empowerment while also advancing digitization of the health system.https://mhealth.jmir.org/2022/4/e32696 |
| spellingShingle | Marietta Hamberger Nensi Ikonomi Julian D Schwab Silke D Werle Axel Fürstberger Angelika MR Kestler Martin Holderried Udo X Kaisers Florian Steger Hans A Kestler Interaction Empowerment in Mobile Health: Concepts, Challenges, and Perspectives JMIR mHealth and uHealth |
| title | Interaction Empowerment in Mobile Health: Concepts, Challenges, and Perspectives |
| title_full | Interaction Empowerment in Mobile Health: Concepts, Challenges, and Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Interaction Empowerment in Mobile Health: Concepts, Challenges, and Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interaction Empowerment in Mobile Health: Concepts, Challenges, and Perspectives |
| title_short | Interaction Empowerment in Mobile Health: Concepts, Challenges, and Perspectives |
| title_sort | interaction empowerment in mobile health concepts challenges and perspectives |
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