@article { ISI:000349001200001,
	title = {Empirical Studies on Usability of mHealth Apps: A Systematic Literature Review},
	journal = {JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS},
	volume = {39},
	number = {2},
	year = {2015},
	month = {FEB},
	abstract = {The release of smartphones and tablets, which offer more advanced communication and computing capabilities, has led to the strong emergence of mHealth on the market. mHealth systems are being used to improve patients{\textquoteright} lives and their health, in addition to facilitating communication between doctors and patients. Researchers are now proposing mHealth applications for many health conditions such as dementia, autism, dysarthria, Parkinson{\textquoteright}s disease, and so on. Usability becomes a key factor in the adoption of these applications, which are often used by people who have problems when using mobile devices and who have a limited experience of technology. The aim of this paper is to investigate the empirical usability evaluation processes described in a total of 22 selected studies related to mHealth applications by means of a Systematic Literature Review. Our results show that the empirical evaluation methods employed as regards usability could be improved by the adoption of automated mechanisms. The evaluation processes should also be revised to combine more than one method. This paper will help researchers and developers to create more usable applications. Our study demonstrates the importance of adapting health applications to users{\textquoteright} need.},
	issn = {0148-5598},
	doi = {10.1007/s10916-014-0182-2},
	author = {Cruz Zapata, Belen and Luis Fernandez-Aleman, Jose and Idri, Ali and Toval, Ambrosio}
}
@article { ISI:000339111400013,
	title = {Mobile PHRs Compliance with Android and iOS Usability Guidelines},
	journal = {JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS},
	volume = {38},
	number = {8},
	year = {2014},
	month = {AUG},
	abstract = {Mobile Personal Health Records (PHRs) have achieved a particularly strong market share since the appearance of more powerful mobile devices and popular worldwide mobile application markets such as Apple{\textquoteright}s App Store and Android{\textquoteright}s Google Play. However, Android and Apple have a set of recommendations on design and usability targeted towards developers who wish to publish apps in their stores: Android Design Guidelines and iOS Human Interface Guidelines. This paper aims to evaluate compliance with these guidelines by assessing the usability recommendations of a set of 24 selected mobile PHR applications. An analysis process based on a well-known Systematic Literature Review (SLR) protocol was used. The results show that the 24 mobile PHR applications studied are not suitably structured. 46 \% of these applications do not use any of the recommended patterns, using instead lists or springboards, which are deprecated patterns for top-level menus. 70 \% of the PHRs require a registration to be able to test the application when these interactions should be delayed. Our study will help both PHR users to select user-friendly mobile PHRs and PHR providers and developers to identify the good usability practices implemented by the applications with the highest scores.},
	issn = {0148-5598},
	doi = {10.1007/s10916-014-0081-6},
	author = {Cruz Zapata, Belen and Hernandez Ninirola, Antonio and Idri, Ali and Luis Fernandez-Aleman, Jose and Toval, Ambrosio}
}
