APP DOMAINS AND USES
The apps for health care providers can be grouped in to four general categories. The first are apps designed by vendors to partner with consumer healer apps For example, the Optimism app (used by an individual)partners with the Optimism Clinician Dashboard to allow the self-reported Optimism data for a number of patients (Optimism Apps Pty Ltd,2013) The individual patient data are uploaded to a database hosted by the vendor and then accessed by the provider through the Dashboard app As previously noted, although the individual app is free, a subscription fee is charged for the clinician Dashboard based on the number of providers, patients, or both.