Essay On Digital Health And Informatics

Digital health concerns with the use of several of telemedicine, digitization, and electronic health records. Digital health includes several electronic mediums in taking care of patients away from clinic or it is usually considered as home-based services. Digital health apps are used by several practitioners, researchers and by mobile application developers (Cavanagh et al., 2022). The two selected digital tools are; the MoodMission app and I am Sober app. Mood mission app enables a person in learning new things and it supports in coping with different kinds of moods. This app tells the feelings of anyone and it can provide a list of five missions that can make a person feel better. This app is based on CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). This app contains good features, it has a better and more elegant design. MoodMission can be accessed through several platforms, these are YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook (Aizenstros et al., 2021). It is free of cost app that supports users in dealing with mood and anxiety issues. This app identifies the problems and helps in improving the state of mind. People find it useful as it provides information on how an individual is feeling (Suciu et al., 2022). The coping techniques described by this app are five minutes walk and five minutes of meditation. David, and supervisor Associate Professor Nikki Rickard, have been involved in developing a smartphone app. This project requires assistance from several investors to design the same kind of app that is Smiling mind. The main objective of this tool is to improve psychological health and well-being. The secondary objective is to empower someone to reduce feelings of depression and anxiety through Cognitive Behavior Therapy. I am Sober app is useful for people who get addicted to substance abuse and this app supports in developing motivation and support (Neale & Bowen, 2022). With the enhancement in tracking and achievements, it supports and motivates people in quitting drugs. This app was created in the year 2013 and was designed by Nick Redmond’s who is Head of Product and founder. The main primary objective of this app is to develop new habits through motivation and to remain sober for a time in a day. It is the best alcohol addiction recovery app. The secondary objective of this app is to understand and form daily habits (McKay et al., 2019).

 

Various challenges have been faced by MoodMission as initially, this app was free of cost and this can not be kept free for a longer duration, therefore from April 9th, 2021 this app applied charged for download from the Apple App Store (Throuvala et al., 2020). The cost for downloading is AUD$7.99. From a study it has been found that charging or adding cost for download has enhanced user engagement and it has helped users in various ways. The primary intervention behind developing this app was to provide opportunities for people who develop smartphone applications in order to provide some assistance with a mental disorder. Its main objective to bestow evidence-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) (Suciu et al., 2022). This usually supports maintaining mood and anxiety. The app has been active since 2016. Good reviews have been observed, and few clients have put the reviews that helped them in relieving anxiety (Suciu et al., 2022). This app runs best on cloud-based servers and it has been based on web-based (SaaS) solutions. It has two-way communication that uses text, checklists, images and GPS location services (Haldorai et al., 2019).

 

Mood mission app is mostly used by Youth and people who are living alone. It has been observed that the younger generation above twenty years of age has been found with enhanced use of more apps. Any person can use mood mission as it supports getting relieved from anxiety and depression. Indigenous people can also use the app, this has been enabled with an easy interface, and anyone can use in a very effective way. Mobile health apps have been used in promoting Australian indigenous populations (demography). This has supported indigenous people in getting relieved from stress and anxiety (Hobson et al., 2019). These apps provide security, and cloud computing it supports in collecting, storing and putting privacy. Privacy is based on visibility, computer-based security, network protection and identity security.

 

The objective of inventing I am sober app is that it assists in building new habits and supports in ongoing motivation. It tracks advice and quotes from the users and is aimed at developing motivation and support. I am Sober app has been active since 19th July 2013 (Comtois et al., 2019). This app has good ratings that support in connecting people through a wide range of individuals performing the same goal. A client that used this app has informed that with heroin for the last eight years, this app has changed their life and has helped in stay clean. A client has quit games and is addicted to drugs. The majority of the younger generation has been found to use this app in a useful way (Suciu et al., 2022). Youth of Australia who get addicted to games and drugs have observed good results after using this app. This has been useful in quitting activity (Reis et al., 2020). The interface is available for the indigenous community (demography), these people can use it in a very effective way. Indigenous people find mobile apps beneficial in coping with addicted drugs. They have been found to be useful in recovering from addiction. The data is stored in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Analytics has been used for improving user experience, Email Octopus is used for communication, and modification of this app can strictly adhere to AWS infrastructure (Suciu et al., 2022).

 

The app that is targeted at good health and well-being supports the rapidly growing industry. App developers need to follow best practices and principles in order to provide potential care and in monitoring the progress of individuals. MoodMission Pty Ltd has enforced a privacy policy that helps users in providing information. Personal information can be shared on the website and when anyone is interested in Privacy policy has been implemented in specified ways (Comtois et al., 2019). Personal information is collected through communication and through various organizational activities. It supports conducting survey questions and this is usually approved with the help of the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (Yap & Tan, 2022). Personal Information or Health Information is gathered from the website or the App. A person having concerns regarding the Privacy policy on Personal Information can apply a complaint concerning with breach of privacy or they can contact with different links.

 

I am sober app ask questions such as it asks about addiction name, sobriety start date and survey question that support reaching. Privacy is considered fundamental to sobriety. The tool, App Developer’s Guide to Law and Policy is usually available with the support of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) (D'Souza, 2019). This app fosters email addresses so that the user can create their own profile photo. It also includes various technical information that depends on various factors such as app version or device platform. The data for this app is secured at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Reis et al., 2020). The data is secured at Google analytics, Emailcotopus and RevenueCat. This app’s data is regulated by GDPR. It also retains user data for as much time as the client has procured the services and has been actively using mobile applications (Comtois et al., 2019). The app usage and account data have been supported in the improvement of the user experiences and community data is presented on community pages. These solutions will be helpful at professional as well as personal levels as it has supported in dealing with a number of disorders. I am Sober app shares the stories and forming of new habits that support in progressing towards sobriety.

 

The cultural competencies support clinicians in providing better health care for mental health issues and reducing health care disparities. There are five cultural competencies such as open attitude, cultural skills and self-awareness. This app will make better health for indigenous people by consulting with these people in embedding health care organizational culture. Sociocultural factors such as gender and ethnicity, all people belonging to different races have the same opportunity to use this app in an effective way. Aboriginals Australians and normal Australians have the same benefits of usage of the MoodMission app (Reis et al., 2020). It is a free app that can be used by any person in Australia, it supports improving the state of mind. Various randomized clinical trials have been successful (Comtois et al., 2019). MoodMission and Moodkit have been used by different races of Australian and it has been observed that it has reduced depression.

 

I am sober app is used by all races of people and it supports in inculcating new habits and provides motivation. This tool has helped people who have been isolated from normal Australian people (Reis et al., 2020). It has supported in accepting anxiousness, meditating and in alcohol recovery. Removal of alcohol is effective in handling anxiety and alcohol recovery. Anxiety is usually observed in early sobriety and it supports coping with anxiety (Comtois et al., 2019).

 

MoodMission app was made in the approach to foster self-administered prevention and self-help strategies with the concern to minimize the risk of mood as well as anxiety disorders. This app provides a user-friendly interface that can be used by various people or people of all races. App has its own inbuilt data collection. The interface of I am Sober is unrestricted for the indigenous community, these individuals can utilise it in an extremely effective way. Indigenous people discover mobile apps valuable in coping with addicted narcotics. They are useful in recuperating from addiction. The information is stored in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Analytics has been employed for enhancing user knowledge, Email Octopus is used for communication, and improvement of this app can rigidly attach to AWS infrastructure. MoodMission targets people who develop symptoms of stress and anxiety. Mood mission app permits a person in education unique things and it helps in managing diverse types of moods. This app tells the emotions of anyone and it can supply a list of five missions that can drive an individual to feel more reasonable. This app is established on CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). This app includes good qualities, it has a more reasonable and more graceful design. MoodMission can be accessed via several platforms. It can be recommended that these apps should include different languages so that people from all the linguistic can use this app efficiently. Gap for this study is that these mobile app impacts research for e-health.

 

 

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