Smartphone Applications For Addiction Treatment & Recovery: The OPEN MINDS Short List

Apps are everywhere. For large parts of the United States population, smartphone apps have passed from high-tech novelty to daily standard (see Smartphones, More Popular Than Computers and The OPEN MINDS Tech List: Smartphone Applications).

The key for managers of health plans and provider organizations alike is determining how to integrate them into the consumer treatment and health management process. The challenge is in the sheer numbers. According to Business of Apps’ 2015 review, App Usage Statistics: 2015 Roundup, there were 75 billion app downloads in 2015. While this number isn’t specific to health care, the health care . . .