Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Comparison Review of Existing Personal Health Management Apps in the Portuguese Health Sector Framework

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Advances in Design, Music and Arts II (EIMAD 2022)

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Design and Innovation ((SSDI,volume 25))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

Due to the implementation of new technologies, the healthcare sector now produces more data than ever before. This data is of high importance to patients but in many cases it is inaccessible. To counteract this effect, many mobile apps have been developed to aid patients in the management of their personal health data.

In this article we will present an analysis and comparison of several apps of this sort, selected from those available within the Portuguese market. The goal of this analysis is to create a design framework for a new personal health management app to be developed.

It was concluded that despite an ample offer, there is still opportunity to produce a differentiated application for this market, by including innovative features and methods of displaying information, such as 3D models.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 189.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Arcia, A., et al.: Sometimes more is more: iterative participatory design of infographics for engagement of community members with varying levels of health literacy. J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 23(1), 174–183 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv079

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Ataíde, M.: A INFOGRAFIA COMO FERRAMENTA DE DIVULGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA: O CASO DO HERBICIDA GLIFOSATO (2019)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Behrens, R.R.: Art, Design and Gestalt Theory. Leonardo On-Line, November 2004. https://leonardo.info/isast/articles/behrens.html

  4. Cairo, A.: The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization (2013). www.newriders.com

  5. Díaz, V., Viceconti, M., Stroetmann, V., Kaldra, D.: Roadmap for the Digital Patient (2008). www.digital-patient.net

  6. Garrett, J.J.: The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond. New Riders, Thousand Oaks (2011)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Gong, J., Tarasewich, P.: Guidelines for Handheld Mobile Device Interface Design (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Gramener: Digital Twin Technology — Use Cases, Solutions, and Examples | Medium, 23 July 2021. https://gramener.medium.com/digital-twin-technology-f2312d64ca36

  9. Grieves, M.: Origins of the Digital Twin Concept (2016). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26367.61609

  10. Grieves, M., Vickers, J.: Digital twin: mitigating unpredictable, undesirable emergent behavior in complex systems. In: Kahlen, F.-J., Flumerfelt, S., Alves, A. (eds.) Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Complex Systems, pp. 85–113. Springer, Cham (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38756-7_4

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  11. Gündüz, F., Khan Pathan, A.-S.: On the key factors of usability in small-sized mobile touch-screen application. Int. J. Multimedia and Ubiquit. Eng. 8(3), 115–138 (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Hah, H., Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A., Tan, J.: Rationalizing personal health management (PHM) policy: identifying health IT use patterns via observations of daily living (ODLs) data. Health Policy Technol. 9(2), 185–193 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2019.11.009

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Koffka, K.: Principles of Gestalt Psychology. Harcourt, Brace and Company (1935)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Kramar, V., Korhonen, M., Sergeev, Y.: Particularities of visualisation of medical and wellness data through a digital patient avatar. In: Conference of Open Innovation Association, FRUCT, pp. 45–56 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1109/FRUCT.2013.6737944

  15. Likert, R.: A technique for the measurement of attitudes. Arch. Psychol. 22(140), 55 (1932)

    Google Scholar 

  16. Living Heart - Dassault Systèmes (n.d.). https://3dexperiencelab.3ds.com/en/projects/life/living-heart/. Accessed 17 Nov 2021

  17. Maniadi, E., et al.: Designing a digital patient avatar in the context of the MyHealthAvatar project initiative. In: 13th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering, IEEE BIBE 2013 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1109/BIBE.2013.6701560

  18. Mastroianni, B.: Why More People Are Going to the ER from Cellphone Use Injuries. Healthline, 10 December 2019. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/cellphone-distraction-linked-to-increase-in-head-injuries#We-need-fewer-distractions-and-more-focusing

  19. Nightingale, F.: Mortality of the British Army: At Home and Abroad, and During the Russian War, As Compared with the Mortality of the Civil Population in England; Illustrated by Tables and Diagrams. Harrison and Sons (1858). https://archive.org/details/mortalityofbriti00lond/page/4/mode/2up

  20. Pagliery, J.: 90% of hospitals and clinics lose their patients’ data. CNN Business (2014). https://money.cnn.com/2014/08/20/technology/security/hospitals-data/

  21. Rahaman Pial, H.: Software Engineering and Mobile Application. The challenges and new opportunities (2020). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29082.67525

  22. Savage, M.: NHS “loses” thousands of medical records | The Independent | The Independent. INDEPENDENT, 25 May 2009. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-loses-thousands-of-medical-records-1690398.html

  23. Shao, G., Jain, S., Laroque, C., Lee, L.H., Ledermann, P., Rose, O.: Digital twin for smart manufacturing: the simulation aspect. In: Mustafee, N., et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2019 Winter Simulation Conference (2019)

    Google Scholar 

  24. Shneiderman, B.: Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston (1997)

    Google Scholar 

  25. Thompson, C.: The Surprising History of the Infographic. Smithsonian Magazine, July 2016. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/surprising-history-infographic-180959563/

  26. Tufte, E.R.: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edn. Graphics Press LLC, Cheshire (2007)

    Google Scholar 

  27. van Houten, H.: How a virtual heart could save your real one. Philips Blog, 12 November 2018. https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/news/archive/blogs/innovation-matters/20181112-how-a-virtual-heart-could-save-your-real-one.html

  28. Wertheimer, M.: Laws of Organization in Perceptual Forms (1923). http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Wertheimer/Forms/forms.htm

  29. Wurman, R.S.: Information Anxiety (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  30. Yang, S.C., Lee, T.L., Feng, T.T.: User experience of mobile application’s interface: measurement development. In: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 16 July 2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3227696.3227698

  31. Ye, Y., Shi, J., Zhu, D., Su, L., Huang, J., Huang, Y.: Management of medical and health big data based on integrated learning-based health care system: a review and comparative analysis. Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. 209 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106293

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the project “NORTE-01-0145-FEDER- 000045”, supported by Northern Portugal Regional Operational Program (Norte2020), under the Portugal 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 2Ai – School of Technology, IPCA, Barcelos, Portugal

    Óscar T. Viana & João L. Vilaça

  2. ID+ - Research Institute in Design, Media and Culture, School of Design, IPCA, Barcelos, Portugal

    Miguel Terroso & Cristiana Serejo

Authors
  1. Óscar T. Viana
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Miguel Terroso
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Cristiana Serejo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. João L. Vilaça
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Óscar T. Viana .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    Daniel Raposo

  2. Instituto Politécnico de Castelo, Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    João Neves

  3. Instituto Politécnico de Castelo, Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    Ricardo Silva

  4. Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    Luísa Correia Castilho

  5. Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    Rui Dias

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Viana, Ó.T., Terroso, M., Serejo, C., Vilaça, J.L. (2023). A Comparison Review of Existing Personal Health Management Apps in the Portuguese Health Sector Framework. In: Raposo, D., Neves, J., Silva, R., Correia Castilho, L., Dias, R. (eds) Advances in Design, Music and Arts II. EIMAD 2022. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09659-4_7

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09659-4_7

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-031-09658-7

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-031-09659-4

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation