Table 2.
IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics functionality score results.
IMS functionality scoring criteria | Dosecast (Google Play and iTunes) | My Therapy (Google Play and iTunes) | Medication List & Medical Records (Google Play) | Medisafe (Google Play and iTunes) | Pill Reminder (iTunes) | MedList Pro (Google Play) |
Inform |
|
✓a |
|
✓ |
|
|
Instruct |
|
✓ |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
Record | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Collect data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Share data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Evaluate data |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
Intervene | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Display |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
|
Guide |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
Remind or alert | ✓ | ✓ |
|
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Communicate |
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
Total functions present | 5 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
a✓: Function present in the app.