While standards of living and healthcare access in LMICs have seen only minimal improvements over the last decade, mobile phone coverage in LMICs has grown exponentially, with the International Telecommunication Union estimating that the number of mobile phone subscriptions is nearly equal to the population count in many of these countries. It makes sense that technologies that can capitalize on this new connectivity to bring a higher, more effective standard of health …show more content…
mHealth technologies include a wide variety of elements from software (“apps”) to wearable sensors and portable electronic devices with one common element: they assist with health intervention, management, and treatment and help organize and disseminate patient information, all through a caregiver’s or patient’s personal mobile