According to a recent survey of healthcare professionals:

• 86% think that health apps will increase their knowledge of patients’ conditions
• 72% think that health apps will encourage patients to take more responsibility for their own health
• 46% say that they will introduce mobile apps to their practice in the next five years

Source: "Are mobile medical apps good for our health? A new study by Research Now reveals that doctors and patients say yes," Research Now Press Release, March 17, 2015, http://www.researchnow.com/en-US/PressAndEvents/News/2015/march/research-now-study-are-mobile-medical-apps-good-for-our-health-infographic.aspx