Introduction to Evidence-Based Mobile and Web Health Design and Analysis Minitrack

The objective of this minitrack is to address the challenges facing mobile and Internet-based health-related applications and devices. Healthcare professionals and consumers alike are vulnerable to unproven methods that have not been subjected to testing for usability, efficacy, effectiveness, or positive outcomes. The papers in this minitrack explore ways to encourage adherence to treatment protocols, employment and engagement of persons with disabilities, improve monitoring of communicable diseases, and design interactions that draw on patients as stakeholders.