Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science  2014;(2):7-10

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1671-3982.2014.02.002

Function assessment of APP software in China for seeking medical advice

Changai HU ; Meiyuan XING ; Chunwei YANG ; Min ZHANG ; Dagan YANG

Keywords

Medical APP; Function analysis; Mobile medical treatment; Medical consultation; Disease inquiry; Clinical notification

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

The medical consulting service, disease inquiry and seeking medical advice functions of 10 commonly available APP software in China for seeking medical advice, such asRapid Asking Doctors,Handholding Doc-tor Selection, andChunyu Handholding Doctors, were compared, which showed that although the functions of APP software in China for seeking medical advice could meet the requirement of people for seeking medical advice, importance should be further attached to their accurate and integrative information and establishment of profit-making model in order to promote the sustainable development of medical APP software.