Lab results, symptom tracking top list of key metrics among rheumatology patients

The ability to view laboratory results, track symptoms and sharing them with a provider were rated as the most useful potential app functions by patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, according to data.
“As patient education continues to transition from paper to online resources, it is important to understand how education and other patient needs could be satisfied in a digital format,” William B. Nowell, MSW, PhD, of the Global Healthy Living Foundation, based in New York, and colleagues wrote in The Journal of Rheumatology.
Members of the research team previously

The ability to view laboratory results, track symptoms and sharing them with a provider were rated as the most useful potential app functions by patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, according to data.
“As patient education continues to transition from paper to online resources, it is important to understand how education and other patient needs could be satisfied in a digital format,” William B. Nowell, MSW, PhD, of the Global Healthy Living Foundation, based in New York, and colleagues wrote in The Journal of Rheumatology.
Members of the research team previously