Use of Mobile Health Apps by Congestive Heart Failure Patients

Mobile healthcare apps have become common in the modern healthcare sector because of the increased adoption of technology in clinical practice. In cardiac care, mobile healthcare apps are considered as vital tools towards enhancing patients’ clinical outcomes. Given this consideration, mobile healthcare apps are utilized by patients with congestive heart failure as part of their care journey. This increased use of mobile healthcare apps is also fueled by the existence of research evidence, which demonstrates that the use of a mobile phone for emergency services in life-threatening situations is linked to enhanced clinical outcomes (Honeyman et al., 2014). Despite the existence of research evidence, the effectiveness of mobile healthcare apps used by congestive heart failure (CHF) patients remains largely unknown. This is primarily because of the existence of various kinds of mobile healthcare apps for such patients and the fact that it’s a relatively new technology.

In this regard, the purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of mobile health care apps used by congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. This study seeks to provide significant findings on this issue in order to enhance nursing and healthcare practices in addressing this major public health concern. The study will have significant impacts on nursing and healthcare practice through demonstrating the impact and profound importance of mobile health applications in enhancing clinical outcomes among CHF patients. One of the major impediments for improved clinical outcomes for these patients is the lack of adequate information on what to do during life-threatening situations brought by the condition. The evaluation of the effectiveness mobile health applications used by CHF patients will help determine the most suitable processes to undertake during such situations. This will be a crucial process towards transforming nursing and healthcare practice for better clinical outcomes.
Additionally, the findings of this research are significant to nursing and healthcare since it will contribute towards the existing body of knowledge on the role and impact of mobile health apps used by congestive heart failure patients. This will in turn improve healthcare professionals’ understanding of the use of mobile health apps in cardiac care, when to utilize them at the point of care, and their benefits in improving cardiac care.
Apart from helping transforming healthcare and nursing practices relating to cardiac care, the findings of this study are also important for the public. This study will contribute towards lessening the public disease burden and healthcare costs. Through determining the effectiveness of mobile health apps used by congestive heart failure patients, clinicians will enhance cardiac care practices. The enhanced cardiac care will in turn translate to better clinical outcomes for these patients. The improved clinical outcomes in turn lessen healthcare costs and disease burden since congestive heart failure is one of the major public health concerns. In this case, heart failure is not only a public health but is also associated with huge economic burdens for the public through increased costs of healthcare.
The other significance of the findings of this study relates to its contribution towards lessening morbidity and mortality rates among congestive heart failure patients. According to O’Connell (2000), congestive heart failure is associated with increasing mortality rates and morbidity rates, especially among the elderly population. While the healthcare sector has developed various strategies towards addressing this public health issue, there has been increased incidence of heart failure and high mortality rates for CHF patients. As a result, there is an ever-increasing need to enhance clinical outcomes among these patients in order to lessen morbidity and mortality rates. The findings of this study will play a major role in this process through helping healthcare professionals determine better practices for improved clinical outcomes.
References
Honeyman, E., Ding, H., Varnfield, M. & Karunanithi, M. (2014). Mobile Health Applications in Cardiac Care. Interventional Cardiology, 6(2), 227-240. Retrieved from https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829752_3
O’Connell, J.B. (2000). The Economic Burden of Heart Failure. Clinical Cardiology, 23(3), III-6-III-10. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/clc.4960231503/asset/4960231503_ftp.pdf?v=1&t=j8ou8jyw&s=e8943a50ca65b89255252758998243194d6daaed