Abstract
BackgroundMobile health (mHealth) has been described as a health enabling tool that impacts positively on the health system in terms of improved access, quality and cost of health care. The proposed systematic review will examine the impact of mHealth on health systems by assessing access, quality and cost of health care as indicators.MethodsThe systematic review will include literature from various sources including published and unpublished/grey literature. The databases to be searched include: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, NHS Health Technology Assessment Database and Web of Science. The reference lists of studies will be screened and conference proceedings searched for additional eligible reports. Literature to be included will have mHealth as the primary intervention. Two authors will independently screen the search output, select studies and extract data; discrepancies will be resolved by consensus and discussion with the assistance of the third author.DiscussionThe systematic review will inform policy makers, investors, health professionals, technologists and engineers about the impact of mHealth in strengthening the health system. In particular, it will focus on three metrics to determine whether mHealth strengthens the health system, namely quality of, access to and cost of health care services.Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42015026070 Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13643-016-0387-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Highlights
Mobile health has been described as a health enabling tool that impacts positively on the health system in terms of improved access, quality and cost of health care
Mobile health or mHealth refers to the use of wireless communication devices to support public health and clinical practice [3]
As technology is evolving so are the capabilities of mobile phones; this has led to the widespread use of mobile phones and in turn the application of mobile health [5,6,7]
Summary
Mobile health (mHealth) has been described as a health enabling tool that impacts positively on the health system in terms of improved access, quality and cost of health care. The proposed systematic review will examine the impact of mHealth on health systems by assessing access, quality and cost of health care as indicators. The key role players include government and consumers, and the outcomes include health, fairness in financing and responsiveness [2]. Mobile health or mHealth refers to the use of wireless communication devices to support public health and clinical practice [3].
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