Perspectives on the evolution of mobile (mHealth) technologies and application to rehabilitation.

Brad E Dicianno¹, Bambang Parmanto², Andrea D Fairman³, Theresa M Crytzer⁴, Daihua X Yu⁵, Gede Pramana⁶, Derek Coughenour⁷, Alan A Petrazzi⁸

¹B.E. Dicianno, MD, Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, and Department of Health Information Management, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mailing address: Human Engineering Research Laboratories, University of Pittsburgh, 6425 Penn Ave, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (USA). dicianno@pitt.edu.

²B. Parmanto, PhD, Department of Health Information Management, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.

³A.D. Fairman, PhD, MOT, OTR/L, CPRP, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, and Department of Occupational Therapy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

⁴T.M. Crytzer, PT, DPT, ATP, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.

⁵D.X. Yu, Department of Health Information Management, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.

⁶G. Pramana, MS, Department of Health Information Management, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.

⁷D. Coughenour, PT, DPT, MPM, CLD, Clinical Support Service Line, Rehabilitation Department, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System.

⁸A.A. Petrazzi, PT, MPT, MPM, VHA-CM, Primary Care Service Line, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System.

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Abstract

Individuals with chronic conditions and disabilities who are vulnerable to secondary complications often require complex habilitative and rehabilitative services to prevent and treat these complications. This perspective article reviews the evolution of mHealth technologies and presents insights as to how this evolution informed our development of a novel mHealth system, iMHere (interactive mobile…

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