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k place in February and March 2020. Data were analyzed using the con-
tent analysis method.

Results
Through applying our inclusion criteria we were able to find five articles on the
use of mobile technology in healthcare. All of the studies are based on a litera-
ture review (table 1).

Table 1: Overview of the review studies

Authors and year Purpose of research Methodology Results
of publication A systematic, narrative re-
view of literature mHealth provides bidi-
Quadah and To explore the influence of Literature review and rectional communication, use of mobile technology in healthcare 71
Leutsch, 2019 mHealth applications viewpoint regular contact, and con-
Literature review tinuous care. It enables
Grekin et al., 2019 To consider mHealth in- placing the patient at the
terventions Literature review center of discussion.
mHealth reduces barri-
Hallberg et al., To describe the develop- Literature review ers, associated with cost,
2020 ment and evaluation of Integrative review of the transportation, and treat-
mHealth literature ment-related stigma.
Evaluation on how various
Nouri et al., 2018 To assess the quality of factors affect the develop-
mHealth apps ment process from both a
technical and human per-
Lucivero and Jong- To overview bioethical is- spective is important.
sma, 2018 sues raised by mHealth Assessment criteria for de-
vices evaluation: design,
Birkhoff and To describe the experienc- information/content, usa-
Smeltzer, 2017 es of mHealth applications bility, functionality, ethical
among chronic disease issues, security and privacy
populations and user-perceived value.
Developers of the devic-
es need to ensure that they
will be used only for the
intended purpose, in cer-
tain contexts.
User-centered mHealth
provides individualized
support to chronic illness
populations.

Discussion
The problem of the doctor-patient relationship in the form of depersonaliza-
tion arises due to the absence of face-to-face interaction, nonverbal communi-
cation, and the opportunity to observe the patient (Quadah and Leutsch, 2019).
Patients are burdened with professional tasks they are not qualified for (Lucive-
ro and Jongsma, 2015; Cvirkel, 2018).

Mobile technology has the potential to provide services to areas and peo-
ple that are difficult to reach. Those kinds of services may not reach the ones
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