This project is trying to indicate how mobile phone specifically smart phone applications can affect and improve our health in general. By reading this article we will have more knowledge about how smartphone (m-Health) can improve our health life, how many applications provide these capabilities, how this technology works and how they can improve palliative homecare. Also we will talk about legal, social and ethical aspects and benefits of it. Therefor this project will cover all information about m-Health, digital medicine, and FDA regulation of mobile health. In other words, m-Health refers to healthcare practices that rely on mobile. In general, apps are pieces of software that can be installed and run on a variety of hardware platforms, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. Medical apps, in particular, refer to a wide variety of software that focuses on health care. Some apps by providing home-based therapies, tutorials, and health care information, tend to improve health while bringing ER (Emergency Room) costs down.
Keyword: mhealth, medical applications, smartphone and health