Nearly three-quarters of prescription-takers use mobile apps, including most older adults and seniors
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08/04/2014Nearly three-quarters of prescription-takers use mobile apps, including most older adults and seniors
Most patients taking prescription medicine (72%) also use mobile apps (Android smartphone, iPhone, Android tablet, iPad, or Kindle Fire),
Mobile app adoption rates are high across all medication-taking adult age groups: 93% (age 18-24), 90% (age 25-34), 88% (age 35-44), 80% (age 45-54), 66% (age 55-64), and 50% (age 65+),
App-using patients prefer the privacy-protected single app Mobile Health Library (MHL) system (by a factor of 11 to 1) over email programs often offered by medication manufacturers. This high preference for a privacy-protected single app, customized to a user’s needs for medication education and support services, was observed across all adult age groups.
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