What is an App?
An "app", also known as Application software or simply application, is defined as computer software designed to help the user to perform singular or multiple related specific tasks. Mobile applications run on hand-held devices such as mobile phones (cell phones), personal digital assistants, and enterprise digital assistants.
Handy Health and Disability Apps:
The use of the iPhone, iPod, iPad and other mobile devices has been a revolutionary new platform for assistive technology. Today you can find hundreds, if not thousands, of apps relating to disabilities and health. These tools simplify many calculations as well as provide valuable information on topics concerning disability and/or health issues. Generally apps cost a couple of dollars to purchase, however there are also a number of handy apps available that can be downloaded to your mobile device such as iPhone or iPad for free.
List of Health and Disability Apps:
Apps for Windows Phone can be found at - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/apps/default.aspx
Apps for Apple devices such as iPod, iPad and iPhone can be found at the Apple App Store for:
iPhone - http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/
iPad - http://www.apple.com/ipad/apps-for-ipad/
iPod Touch - http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features/app-store.html
Apps for Android Devices can be obtained from - https://market.android.com/
Apps for BlackBerry at BlackBerry’s App World - http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/
The U.S. FDA Proposes Health App Guideline:
The variety and availability of smartphone applications, or apps, have exploded in recent years as multi-tasking consumers increasingly use their phones to keep up with the latest on news, finance, and health. Apple says its iPhone App Store has more than 350,000 apps, and Android, BlackBerry, Windows, and other smartphones account for tens of thousands more. With so many apps on the market, it’s no wonder the number of health care related apps has also spiraled.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now proposing guidelines that outline the small number of mobile apps the agency plans to oversee medical apps that could present a risk to patients if the apps don’t work as intended.
FDA is proposing to oversee mobile medical apps that:
1 - Are used as an accessory to an FDA-regulated medical device. For example, an app could enable a health care professional to view medical images on an iPad and make a diagnosis;
2 - Transform a mobile platform into a regulated medical device. For example, an app that turns a smartphone into an electrocardiography, or ECG, machine to detect abnormal heart rhythms or determine if a patient is experiencing a heart attack.
Further information on the FDA and health/medical apps can be found at www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm263332.htm
Our list below covers handy health and medical related apps available through Apple’s AppStore and BlackBerry’s App World as well as apps available for Google’s Android operating system platform.
| Pub. Date | Topic | Author |
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| 2012-04-20 | Warm Health App - Live Chat to Health Plans | Warm Health |
| 2012-04-01 | Visually Impaired Accessible SuperPhoto Photo Sharing App | Carve Gybe Software |
| 2012-03-08 | Mobile App for People with Disabilities in New York | Bussani Mobility Team |
| 2012-02-09 | Apps for College Students with Special Needs | Jessica Bosari |
| 2011-12-21 | Fat App - It's What You Don't Eat That Counts | Frank Topper |
| 2011-12-08 | Lookout Call - An App for Motorists with Disability | Andrew Lawn |
| 2011-11-10 | ViBe - Caller ID App with Different Vibration Patterns for Callers | Disabled World |
| 2011-11-08 | iPod and iPad Grants for Education | Wendy Taormina-Weiss |
| 2011-11-08 | Siri and Disability - Personal Assistant on Apple iPhone Takes Accessibility to New Level | Disabled World |
| 2011-10-13 | iPicto Pictogram App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch | Disabled World |
| 2011-10-11 | Mapability Creates First Augmented Reality Layer for Accessibility | Mapability Association |
| 2011-10-04 | Accessibility App for Android for People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision | AT&T Inc. |
| 2011-10-03 | iPad App for Life Insurance - AXA Equitable | AXA Equitable |
| 2011-10-03 | Disability Answers App Tells You If You Qualify for Disability Benefits or Medicare | The Advocator Group |
| 2011-08-18 | iAdvocate - Free Tool for Parents of Children with Disabilities | Wendy Taormina-Weiss |
| 2011-08-09 | Gaiam Launching 10 Health and Wellness Mobile Apps | Gaiam, Inc. |
| 2011-08-09 | iSpeech App for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry | iSpeech, Inc. |
| 2011-07-30 | SoundPOD for iPod or iPad Provides Communication to Those Who Can't Speak | Forbes Rehab Services, Inc. |
| 2011-07-25 | Verbally - Free iPad App for Speech Disability | Intuary |
| 2011-07-22 | QR Codes - Uses and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities | Disabled World |
| 2011-07-19 | Breath Bird - Breath Control Function App for iPad | Disabled World |
| 2011-07-19 | Free Healthy Steps Pedometer App for Exercise Enthusiasts | Independence Blue Cross |
| 2011-07-12 | FreeAppADay Selects FunMobility to Help Gamify Its Community | FunMobility INC. |
| 2011-07-01 | iPhone App May Support Parkinson's Disease Monitoring and Research | Georgia Institute of Technology Research News |
| 2011-06-28 | ADHD Organizer App for iPhone | Disabled World |
| 2011-06-16 | Mobile Phone App for Multiple Sclerosis Community | Multiple Sclerosis Association of America |
| 2011-06-14 | GI Monitor App - Crohn's and Colitis Mobile Tracking App from WellApps | WellApps, INC. |
| 2011-06-03 | Slug Bugs Game - iPhone 3D Audio Games | Action = Reaction Labs LLC |
| 2011-06-01 | Accessible Twitter Changes Name to Easy Chirp | Web Overhauls |
| 2011-06-01 | Mobile Translation App for Hearing Impaired | SpeechTrans |
| 2011-05-27 | Accessible List Recorder App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad | Disabled World |
| 2011-05-27 | Apps to Help You in the Gym | Amy Leigh |
| 2011-05-19 | VizWiz iPhone Application for Blind | Disabled World |
| 2011-05-12 | Passport to Good Health App | HealthyWomen |
| 2011-05-10 | Learn American Sign Language App for iPhone and iPad | Select Publishing Group |
| 2011-05-09 | Diagnosing Stroke Via iPhone App | University of Calgary |
| 2011-05-06 | How to Think and Stay Positive | Positive Applications LLC |
| 2011-04-18 | $100,000 App Contest - Apps for Communities - Challenge.Gov | challenge.gov |
| 2011-04-13 | UK Train Times Accessible iPhone App | Disabled World |
| 2011-04-12 | iPhone Magnifier App | Net|Soft Engineering |
| 2011-04-12 | Special Needs Apps for Kids | SNApps4Kids |
| 2011-04-11 | iPhone App Alerts Users When Traveling in Potentially Unsafe Areas | Sec-Cured Solutions |
| 2011-04-06 | Developmental Disabilities App for iPhone and iPad | Therap Services, LLC |
| 2011-03-28 | Donation Application for Cell Phones | The Nippon Foundation |
| 2011-03-23 | Care4Kids App - Akron Children's Hospital | Akron Children's Hospital |
| 2011-03-08 | semYOU Free App Computing System | semYOU LLC |
| 2011-03-08 | Apple App Store - Special Education Section | Scioto.com |
| 2011-03-07 | Amplify Sounds Using iPhone with SoundAMP Hearing Assistant App | Disabled World |
| 2011-03-06 | VoiceOver Compatible Apps for iPhone and Mac | Mary O'Toole |
| 2011-03-04 | iSign App - Learn American Sign Language | Disabled World |
| 2011-03-04 | Glucose Buddy App - Handy Tool for Diabetics | Disabled World |
| 2011-03-03 | Calorie Counter App for iPhone Android and Blackberry Devices | Disabled World |
| 2011-02-25 | iConverse App - Augmentative Alternative Communication Tool | Disabled World |
| 2011-02-25 | Mobile Health App to Prevent and Improve Diagnosis of Skin Allergies | Preventice, Inc. |
| 2011-01-22 | Handelabra Studio Integrates VoiceOver Support in Popular Apps | Handelabra Studio LLC |
| 2011-01-18 | WebMD Medscape for iPad™ and Android™ Devices | WebMD Health Corp |
| 2010-11-15 | PhotoClinic Mobile App for iPhone and iPad | UBM Medica |
| 2010-05-06 | VideoMD Health Videos iPhone App Now Available | VideoMD.com |
| 2010-02-23 | iPhone and iPod Touch IP-Relay App for the Deaf | Purple Communications(TM), Inc. |
| 2009-12-26 | FastMall App Helps iPhone Users Navigate Shopping Malls | FastMall.com |
| 2009-10-11 | Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone Application | Adobe Systems |
| 2009-03-31 | Skype for iPhone App | Disabled World |
| 2009-03-05 | iPhone Apps for Disability and Vision Impairments | Greg DiFalco, Independent Living Aids LLC |
- Application Software - A program or group of programs designed for end users. Application software can be divided into two general classes: systems software and applications software. Systems software consists of low-level programs that interact with the computer at a very basic level. This includes operating systems, compilers, and utilities for managing computer resources - Webopedia.
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