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Nearly half of all Americans now own smartphones Exit Disclaimer. Over 20% own tablets. For a growing number of people, these mobile devices are their only means of accessing Web content.

Smartphone with m.cancer.gov openYou are scared. Your doctor has just told you that a small growth needs to be biopsied. You want information. And you want it now. You pull out your phone…

Two years ago, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) watched the number of visits and queries coming to www.cancer.gov from mobile devices double every six months. It was time to go mobile. The work was pioneering, but in February, m.cancer.gov went live. Information on every major cancer type was made available in a mobile format, and the site even allows direct phone or email contact with NCI’s cancer call center. Smartphone visitors can call or email NCI’s cancer call center directly from the site. Learn more at the mobilegovwiki.

Cancer.gov is one of 12 websites that HHS has already optimized for mobile use. We have also developed more than 20 mobile health applications. Going mobile is a critical concern for us. A comScore report Exit Disclaimer released in January shows 16.9 million mobile users in the U.S. accessed health information during the three-month average period ending November 2011, growing 125% from the previous year.

See a full list of HHS Mobile Sites

See a full list of HHS Mobile Apps

Help us make our health information available anywhere, anytime, on any device. What information do you think is most needed via mobile devices?

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Submitted by Anonymous on
MD APPTS, Referrals, Reminders, MED refill ready messages
Submitted by Anonymous on
An aggregate government services locator that includes health resources - perhaps connected to the MyGov project, only mobile and with integrated content.
Submitted by Anonymous on
I believe that applications are needed that can carry medical charts on them so that we will have our complete medical history at our hands when we go to the hospital.
Submitted by Anonymous on
Explanation of lab diagnostic tests i.e. SSA and SSB values relate to which disease or condition. What conditions or diagnoses can be revealed by what type of testing. Specific symptoms that could be caused by a particular disease or injury.
Submitted by Anonymous on
I have been thinking about this mobile app ever since I attended the mHealth conference in 2010 and thought I would pitch it to you all as something that HHS could build with existing HHS databases and information. I think it would be particularly useful to minority and underserved populations 1. HRSA's Community health centers (they already have a separate HRSA app) 2. FDA's Mammography Facilities lookup 3. NLM's Health Hotlines 4. NCI-designated cancer centers and community cancer centers 5. Applying for Medicaid/Medicare info (CMS) Would help us meet the mobile and API related mandates. Of course, finding resources to do this is another issue. [name withheld for privacy]
Submitted by Anonymous on
Anything that helps to interface information between your healthcare providers and yourself/patient. Emergency info a must.
Submitted by Anonymous on
Angie's list of local doctors, clinics and hospitals with verified customers but identity information blocked out to public. [name withheld for privacy]
Submitted by Anonymous on
As on Friday, August 17, www.Medicare.gov is mobile optimized via responsive design. We are working to improve the mobile friendliness of the web applications on the website, bu the content is 100% mobile friendly.
Submitted by Anonymous on
1) Chronic Disease management programs - latman description of disease, red flags (zone tools are great patient tools), emergency care plan 2) Medication information in laymen terms 3) Glucometer and BP that can be uploaded into smart phone and be sent in trend over time graph to others 4)Advance Directives program - information and complete documents
Submitted by Anonymous on
This is fabulous. I love one-stop shop websites. Thank you. [name withheld for privacy]

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