---
title: "Go mobile"
description: "The market for mobile-ready health information continues to grow, even as health apps are just simmering along (in terms of consumer adoption, anyway)."
date: "2012-11-08"
authors:
  - name: "Susannah Fox"
    job_title: "Former Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/susannah-fox/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2012/11/08/go-mobile/"
categories:
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Medicine & Health"
  - "Mobile"
---

# Go mobile

In 2008, I summarized Pew Internet's health findings in 7 words of wisdom:

[Recruit doctors. Let e-patients lead. Go mobile.](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2008/Recruit-doctors-Let-epatients-lead-Go-mobile.aspx)*

Four years later, I'm banging the same drum, but with even more data to back it up. The market for mobile-ready health information continues to grow, even as health apps are just simmering along (in terms of consumer adoption, anyway).

Today's report, "[Mobile Health 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2012/Mobile-Health.aspx)," is the first of a series based on a survey fielded by the Pew Internet Project and the California HealthCare Foundation. Our plan is to release one report every four weeks (or so), so stayed tuned to pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet (and apologies to anyone whose email I don't return since I'll be spending more time in my writing cave).

Here is a round-up of reactions I've seen to the new mobile health data -- thanks to each one of the authors for taking the time to write about it:

[Pew: 19 percent of smartphone users have health apps](http://mobihealthnews.com/18965/pew-19-percent-of-smartphone-users-have-health-apps/), by Jonah Comstock

[Three years of stagnant health app adoption](http://mobihealthnews.com/18978/three-years-of-stagnant-health-app-adoption/), by Brian Dolan

[Pew Research launch Mobile Health 2012](http://mhealthinsight.com/2012/11/08/pew-research-launch-mobile-health-2012/), by David Doherty

[How smart phones help me be a better doctor](http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/mdmama/2012/11/how_smart_phones_help_me_be_a_better_doctor.html), by Claire McCarthy, MD

[Pew survey finds mobile health adoption growing](http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/technology/blog/bal-mobile-health-pew-survey-shows-growing-adoption-20121108,0,1720189.story), by Gus Sentementes

I can't wait to participate in all the conversations that will stem from this research. I learn from each person who reaches out with a reaction, whether it's on Twitter, Facebook, by email, in a blog post, or a mainstream media article. If you have thoughts to share -- or see an article I missed -- please post in the [comments on my blog ](http://susannahfox.com/2012/11/08/go-mobile/#respond)or find me online!

* I later updated it to reflect the fact that we need all health professionals to participate, so: "Recruit clinicians."