Should Ireland introduce mobile health apps?

With Britain’s NHS about to begin mobile health app trials, should the HSE follow suit, asks Jessica Casey.

AFTER suffering with aches and pains in my shoulders, elbows, wrists, and knees for more than a week, I decide I need the help of a medical professional.

“I have joint pain,” I tell my doctor, who replies reassuringly that it’s sometimes tricky to diagnose the source of joint pain, but it’s rarely anything serious.