This table highlights the range of diagnostic tests available through mobile health services, emphasizing the convenience and accessibility of at-home testing.
Specifically, the integration of mobile phlebotomy has proven highly effective in making routine laboratory tests more accessible from home.
Mobile Phlebotomy for At-Home Laboratory Testing
of mobile phlebotomy into standard of care management for the collection of routine cancer laboratory tests. Mobile phlebotomy results in high patient
The feasibility and acceptability of home phlebotomy for patients with cancer, 2024
Beyond specific tests, the overall model of mobile health clinics significantly enhances community care and reaches vulnerable populations.
Mobile Health Clinics: Enhancing Accessibility & Community Care
Current literature supports that MHCs are successful in reaching vulnerable populations, by delivering services directly at the curbside in communities of need and flexibly adapting their services based on the changing needs of the target community. As a link between clinical and community settings, MHCs address both medical and social determinants of health, tackling health issues on a community-wide level.
The scope and impact of mobile health clinics in the United States: a literature review, 2017
These advancements are part of a larger trend where m-health technologies are transforming diagnosis, health promotion, and service delivery.
M-Health Technologies for Diagnosis, Health Promotion, and Service Improvement
To be included in the review interventions must aim to improve or promote health or health service use and quality, employing any mobile computing and communication technology. This includes: (1) interventions designed to improve diagnosis, investigation, treatment, monitoring and management of disease; (2) interventions to deliver treatment or disease management programmes to patients, health promotion interventions, and interventions designed to improve treatment compliance; and (3) interventions to improve health care processes e.g. appointment attendance, result notification, vaccination reminders.
The effectiveness of M-health technologies for improving health and health services: a systematic review protocol, L Galli, 2010
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