M-App & Health Knowledge Management - Virtual artfacts between Doctor & Patient –

Knowledge is more and more a strategic resource for health organizations while information & communication technology earns an important role for sharing knowledge and informations among people in and out organizations. These conditions satisfy specific demands related to the new emerging information needs, asking for a change in relationships and effective communication. So, the Medicine Apps represent an emerging and rapidly developing framework for health system, able to contribute to its quality and efficiency. The same European Union and U.S. Supervisory Authority activated in the last years an appropriate study in order to control the Medical Applications downloaded directly through mobile devices and able to influence health performance. This work presents the results of the descriptive studies in order to make clear the general dynamics and functionality of the Medicine Category Apps, in their effective support for doctors in their relationship with patients; in addition, in addition, with this work will be possible to know how such a tool can create virtual communities that influence the same quality of patients’ care.