Health Apps Score 66.5 on Average in Consumer Reviews Report

iHealthbeat entered 2014 with a wrap up of mobile health apps avalable to consumers.

Consumers on average gave health, fitness and medical mobile applications an average score of 66.5 out of 100, or "good,"according to a new report from app quality analysis vendor Applause, Health Data Management reports.

Report Details

The 2015 State of the U.S. Health & Fitness Apps Economy index was based off more than 200 million ratings and reviews for 39 health and fitness apps and 28 medical apps available in the Apple App Store and Google Play app store.

The researchers used Applause Analytics, a mobile app analytics tool, to calculate a quality score on a scale from 0 to 100. Specifically, apps that scored:

• 0 to 39 were considered "poor";
• 40 to 59 were considered "fair";
• 60-69 were considered "good";
• 70 to 89 were considered "excellent"; and
• 90 to 100 were considered "winning."

Report Findings:  All mobile health apps are avalable in iOS and Android

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Four apps received "elite" status, scoring higher than 70 based on more than 50,000 reviews. Those four apps were:

• FitNow's Lose It!;
• FitnessKeeper's RunKeeper;
• MapMyFitness' MapMyRun; and
• MyFitnessPal's Calorie Counter.

Android apps that scored 80 or above based on more than 20,000 reviews were:

• ABISHKKING's Period Calendar/Tracker;
• GP Apps' Period Tracker; and
• MyFitnessPal's Calorie Counter.

iOS apps that scored 80 or above based on more than 20,000 reviews were:

• FitNow's Lose It!;
• MapMyFitness' MapMyRun and MapMyWalk;
• MyFitnessPal's Calorie Counter; and
• Northcube AB's Sleep Cycle.

The report also identified apps that scored below average and could do more to improve their quality, including:

• Fitbit; and
• Weight Watchers Mobile (Slabodkin, Health Data Management, 1/5).

Research Methodology

To build the health & fitness mobile app quality index, ARC 360:

■ Started with the list of 8,851 health & fitness and medical apps housed

within the two most popular U.S. app stores—Google Play and Apple App

Store. Google Play and Apple App Store health & fitness and medical app

store categories match identically.

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CES 2015.....Vegas Baby

What's happening in Vegas: the CES 2015 keynotes you won't want to miss

What dedicated health technologist can miss CES ?

The biggest day of CES is the day before CES. Come to think of it, the day before that (today, Sunday) is pretty big too. But Monday is press conference day

The day some of the industry’s biggest and most important companies get on stage and launch somewhere between five and five thousand new products. (Some of them will be washing machines.) If you’re excited about the future of technology and the gadget industry, there’s no bigger day than CES Day Zero.

That day is tomorrow. Monday, January 5th, 2015. We’ll be live all over Las Vegas, following every event, every announcement, every time Michael Bay melts down during a Samsung event because he forgot his lines and should probably stick to directing. For the biggest events, we’ll be on the scene liveblogging, bringing you everything in real time as it happens.

The best place to find everything at CES is the CES hub, which will reflect both the best and the newest things we’re finding at the show. But if you want to know everything that’s happening, as it happens, here are the events you’ll want to watch along with us.

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Women in Healthcare IT

When it comes to attaining IT leadership positions, women have come a long way — but there’s still a ways to go. According to a recent study in the Journal of Healthcare Management, women make up 74 percent of the healthcare workforce, but are only represented by 24 percent of the senior executive team. It’s a statistic that comes of no surprise to our panelists — Mary Alice Annecharico, Bobbie Byrne, MD, Jane Loveless, and Sue Schade — four influential leaders who have defied the odds and, in doing so, serve as role models for young women and men who aspire to become leaders in the field. In this four-part series, the four CIOs share their thoughts on the barriers that still exist for women — and how they can be overcome; why mentoring is so critical; the many benefits of women’s professional networks; and how technology can be leveraged to improve work-life balance. They also speak about their own career paths, the tough choices they’ve had to make, and the power of self-confidence.

Mary Alice Annecharico, SVP/CIO, Henry Ford Health System

Bobbie Byrne, MD, System VP & CIO, Edward Elmhurst Healthcare

Jane Loveless, VP/CIO, Grand View Hospital

Sue Schade, CIO, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers





Women, in general are making some strides in breaking the "glass ceiling" In general  women are becoming more prominent in medicine, than previously.  In 1968 when  I graduated from medical school there were only 8 females in a class of 108. Today most schools enroll close to 40-50% of the class with women.