Seven New Mobile Apps For Chronic Condition Management

New Products & Services In a report released last May, the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation said more than 40,000 mobile health applications are available across multiple platforms, including more than 12,000 at the Apple iTunes store alone. While fitness apps represent a big chunk of available healthcare apps on the market, an increasing number are designed to help consumers identify chronic conditions, track symptoms and better manage their diseases. With the number of Americans living with chronic disease expected to reach 157 million by 2020, according to research from RAND, the . . .