More than 17,000 mHealth apps now are available for smart phones and other devices, and they do everything from monitoring urine flow for patients with enlarged prostates to reminding people prone to kidney stones to drink more water. And that's just on the consumer side. Countless apps are avail-able for use by clinicians and hospitals. Mobile apps are changing health care in dramatic ways.
现在有超过17000款移动医疗应用程序可用于智能手机和其他设备，它们能做的事情五花八门，从为前列腺肿大的患者监测尿流，到提醒易患肾结石的人多喝水。而这还只是面向消费者的应用。临床医生和医院也可以使用无数的应用程序。移动应用正在极大地改变着医疗保健行业。
