Smartphones,genome sequencing and wearable technology will bring benefits but also challenges to health and social careAlthough not novel, the smartphone’s potential is yet to be realised in health and care. Efforts to curate quality apps, and for example through an NHS app library,contain had little success. Sophisticated apps can fit into health services. Ginger.io offers people with depression or anxiety problems the ability to track their mood and share data with clinicians to offer interventions.
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Source: theguardian.com