Si seulement je pouvais télécharger cette App Mobile santé Pharma, je serais en mesure de juger son score de fonctionnalités !

There are several stories out this morning about mobile health apps in general and pharma health apps in particular. (Keep reading to learn about the app I cannot download :-)

First, let's look at the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics report "Patient Apps for Improved Healthcare: From Novelty to Mainstream" (download it freehere). This report includes an analysis of a subset of the 40,000+ healthcare apps available for download from the U.S. Apple iTunes app store and an assessment of the potential value they provide throughout a patient's journey. "An assessment finds that healthcare apps available today have both limited and simple functionality," say the authors of the report. "The majority do little more than provide information."

Each app was given a "functionality score" based on 25 criteria, which include the type and quantity of information provided by the app, how the app tracks or captures user data, etc. So, how did the apps do, functionality-wise? Here's the functionality score distribution curve: