The Promise of Mobile Technologies for the Health Care System in the Developing World: A Systematic Review.
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Evolution of mobile technologies and their rapid penetration to people s daily lives especially in the developing countries have highlighted mobile health or m health as a promising solution to improve health outcomes Several studies have been conducted that characterize the impact of m health solutions in resource limited settings and assess their potential to improve health care The aim of the present paper is twofold i present an overview of the background and significance of m health and ii summarize and discuss the existing evidence for the effectiveness of m health in the developing world A systematic search in the literature was performed in Pubmed Scopus as well as reference lists and a broad sample of 98 relevant articles was identified which were then categorized into five wider m health categories Although statistically significant conclusions cannot be drawn since the majority of studies relied on small scale trials and limited assessment of long term effects this paper provides a systematic and extensive analysis of the advantages disadvantages and challenges of m health in developing countries in an attempt to determine future research directions of m health interventions