55% Of Health Care Consumers Prefer Mobile Health Care

More than half (55%) of U.S. health care consumers prefer to use a mobile application to manage health care appointments, prescriptions, and medical records. A similar percentage (53%) believe that adding more technology to health care settings would improve their health care experience.

About 31% of surveyed consumers say they personally face challenges accessing health care or health services due to accessibility barriers, which they believe health care technology could help solve. About 88% of surveyed consumers say they would find text message notifications valuable for information such as appointment reminders, pharmacy prescription updates, and medication coupons. More than . . .