Social Implications

Social implications of mHealth apps are also an important topic to discuss because since the general population has easy access to these apps, it does significantly impact the social aspect of healthcare. The fact is that more and more individuals are joining healthcare apps, which has been leading to an increase in health awareness and staying more fit in order to maintain the healthiest that one can be by keeping up with apps on one’s phone. For example, one significant feature on mHealth apps is that users can communicate with each other, which introduces many people to new ideas and new methods of maintaining better health that one could not have accessed through a certain doctor. However, with this communication, people are also susceptible to being fed misinformation, which is very dangerous in terms of healthcare because it is important that people don’t take steps that harm their physical well-being. This is why society needs to be careful about what information they follow on these mHealth apps by verifying recommendations and fact-checking what they see. Not only that, but another negative social implication is that these apps can cause for paranoia as people may be coming overly obsessed or have an unhealthy obsession with physical and mental health apps. This is why mHealth apps should be used with caution, but also allow society to be more open to new medical services through equal consideration (Shor, 2021).