Health, behaviour change & technology : a snapshot - May 2013
Top 10 Mobile Health Apps of 2011
1. The Top 10 Mobile
Health Apps For 2012
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2. 2011 was a great year for
mobile health entrepreneurs.
So much so that it is expected
that there will be 13,000
consumer health applications
available in the Apple iTunes
store during 2012.
3. Can’t Decide Which mHealth
App Is For You?
Since there’s such a large
variety of mobile health apps,
we’ve chosen our pick of 10
mobile health apps we believe
are essential for 2012.
4. Name: Nike Training Club
Price: Free
Description: “Nike Training Club
is a training app that gives you your own
personal trainer, anytime, anywhere. Get lean,
toned and strong with over 60 custom-built
workouts, including new training regimens
from five professional athletes, while you earn
NTC reward workouts from Lea Michele and
Rihanna’s personal trainer, Ary Nuñez.”
“Inspired by world-class athletes and
developed by Nike professional trainers, this
comprehensive training app combines years
of Nike training research and expertise in one
personalized experience. Dynamic drills build
on the fundamentals of functional fitness
training. Detailed instruction and audio
guidance keeps your training on track. Set to
your own music and goals, Nike Training Club
gives you the most efficient and effective
workout to fast-track your results.”
5. Name: The Eatery
Price: Free
Description: “Want to take real
steps to improve your eating habits? Use The
Eatery to snap photos of your food. We’ll give
you something much more helpful than
calorie counts.Studies show that simply
recording your meals helps you lose more
weight. It’s not about counting calories — it’s
about becoming aware of your habits. The
Eatery makes that process fast and beautiful
— just snap and rate. Get a second opinion on
the healthiness of your meals Eat better by
learning more about yourself.”
6. Name: Fooducate
Price: Free
Description: “Want to take real
steps to improve your eating habits? Use The
Eatery to snap photos of your food. We’ll give
you something much more helpful than
calorie counts.Studies show that simply
recording your meals helps you lose more
weight. It’s not about counting calories — it’s
about becoming aware of your habits. The
Eatery makes that process fast and beautiful
— just snap and rate. Get a second opinion on
the healthiness of your meals Eat better by
learning more about yourself.”
7. Name: P90x
Price: $4.99
Description: “P90X has
evolved. The breakthrough workout
program that revolutionized home fitness
now has an app that lets you Bring It! on
your iPhone, so you can get even more
amazing results—and work out with P90X
anywhere. Keep track of your sets, reps,
and weights, view your progress, log your
nutrition, and share your results. With
interactive features like these, you’ll stay
motivated and accountable to get more
out of P90X than ever. Plus, your data can
automatically sync to Team Beachbody’s
online SuperGym. Get the complete P90X
Guided Workout series—the best value—
or just select the individual workouts you
want.”
8. Name: Fitness Class
for iPad
Price: Free
Description: “Introducing
FitnessClass – the only marketplace for
real-time, on-demand fitness video
workouts, right on your iPad. Choose
from a selection of 300+ fitness classes
by PumpOne and a collection of the
world’s elite fitness instructors with a la
carte iTunes-style prices. Get 30 Day
access to a class, or get it forever.”
“FitnessClass lets you stream workout
videos over WiFi or 3G while you listen to
your own music (iOS 4+) and get
interactive. Choose a new, different class
every day, see estimated calorie counts
for each class, post your completed
status to Facebook & Twitter and keep
track of every workout you perform.”
9. Name: Sprout for iPad
Price: $3.99
Description: American Baby
“
Magazine and Med ART Studios,
America’s trusted resources for baby
advice, bring you Sprout: the highest-
rated pregnancy app for moms and
moms-to-be. Helpful information about
you and your baby, Stunning color images
and 3D models, Weight tracker, kick
counter, contraction timer, and Personal
MyBaby and Doctor Says sections.”
10. Name: AirStrip
Price: Free
Description: “AirStrip Cardiology
is a pioneering mobile solution that allows
clinicians to review the extent of a patient’s
ECG history and completely changes the way
that cardiac waveform data can be viewed,
reviewed, analyzed and interacted with. In
simplest terms, AirStrip Cardiology will allow
for more timely and more accurate diagnosis
and treatment of the cardiac patient;
whether in the pre-hospital or in-patient
space. Furthermore, AirStrip Cardiology
allows for unprecedented collaboration
between Emergency Medical Systems,
Emergency Department and Cardiology
teams – especially when transporting
potential AMI and STEMI patients.”
11. Name: EyeDecide MD
Price: Free
Description: “Orca Health is
proud to announce EyeDecide— the newest
addition to the Decide Series! The Decide
Medical App Series helps you, the patient,
understand your medical condition and the
treatments necessary for a healthy recovery.
With an interactive user interface, owners of
the Decide Series will have the ability to
VIEW, EXPLORE, PINPOINT, LEARN, LOCATE,
and SHARE the information they receive.”
“VIEW the eye in 360 degrees. You have the
ability to rotate, expand, shrink, annotate,
and move the eye in any direction on the
screen! View your eye in CROSS SECTION,
EXPAND, or FULL ANATOMY. EXPLORE your
eye’s anatomy layer by layer from the outer
skin to bone to eyeball. You have the option
to turn annotations on or off, and view more
information along the side of your mobile
device.”
12. Name: VueMe
Price: Free
Description: “VueMe is intended
to be used by patients for the non-
diagnostic viewing of medical images. It
features a powerful/intuitive interface, real-
time multi-modality fusion and
blending, 3D depth-shaded MIP movie,
window/level adjustments with CT presets,
secure, encrypted data trnsfer to device,
optimized for both the iPad and iPhone, and
image data can be transferred to the device
by using MIMcloud.”
13. Name: Anatomy 3D for
iPad
Price: $3.99
Description: “Expand your
knowledge of the organs with this robust
application that combines 3D models,
video, audio lectures, quizzes and text to
create a rich learning experience. Includes
detailed information on the brain, heart,
stomach, spleen, pancreas, small
intestines, reproductive organs, large
intestines, kidneys, liver, skin and lungs.
Also learn about cells, tissues and organ
systems. Each section includes beautiful
diagrams of the organ anatomy, histology
and location, along with text, video, audio
and 3d models that support easy learning.”