There are now over 13,000 health, fitness, and medical apps available. In a previous post I discussed ’Five creative and necessary ways of getting medical apps adopted.’ Specifically they were incorporating medical apps in informatics, utilization in schools for health education, government initiatives regarding digital technologies, medical apps in EHR clinical decision support tools, and patient portals. These however do not necessarily lead to adoption of these apps. Some of these are years away. But the industry is rapidly maturing and here are some ways in which it has or heading towards.
