The market for healthcare-related software apps for use in mobile devices has grown and will continue to grow quickly, according to market researcher Kalorama Information, which reported that the market for mobile medical apps was worth about $150 million in 2011.

Pioneering Mobile App Leverages the Country's Largest National Provider Network to Provide 24/7 Access to Physicians from the Click of a Button

Five ways that healthcare will be changed, with the increasing use of mobile applications.

A poll conducted by Doctors.net.uk – the UK’s largest and most active network of medical professionals – has found doctors are divided over the benefits of mobile phone apps to help patients better manage their health.

The programmed phones ask a series of yes and no questions, then alert a doctor or nurse should health problems be suspected

The government is being urged to open up core NHS IT systems for access by small, entrepreneurial developers of health and social care apps for mobile devices by a new group supporting app developers.

The Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has teamed up with a team of specialist software developers to roll out a mobile working project to involve around 800 community nurses and therapists.

Johns Hopkins University researchers aim to uncover which mobile health applications work.