Health in the palm of your hand-part 1: the risks from smartphone abuse and the role of telemedicine and e-Health.

BACKGROUND

The evolution of the Telemedicine and e-Health is strictly related to the evolution of the mobile-technology. If today it is possible to successfully use a wide range of mHealth applications, playing an important role in Telemedicine and e-Health, health care has surely a gratitude debt with the smartphone. However, it is increasingly becoming clear that excessive use of the smartphone has implications for health in terms of risks and it is therefore necessary to tackle the various gaps and/or the role that Telemedicine and e-Health itself has in this field.

METHODS

Through an overview to literature, Web and App stores the study faced the implications for health from the excessive use of the smartphone and therefore the various gaps and/or the role that Telemedicine and e-Health itself has in this area both in the prevention and in the monitoring with particular regard to the three components:

RESULTS

The study found (I) as emerging risks: the text neck, the risk of addiction and the risk in the use of deceptive Apps in

CONCLUSIONS

The key role of Telemedicine and e-Health in the prevention and monitoring of the risks from smartphone abuse has been clearly identified and the young people has been identified as target population and the relevant need to design specific teaching packages in this field focused on them.

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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflicts of Interest: Both authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-20-150). DG serves as an unpaid editorial board member of mHealth from May 2019 to April 2021. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.