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The Young Invincibles Health Care
Finder Mobile App
What You Need to Know
@YI_Care
Agenda
• What is Mobile Technology?
• Why is Mobile Technology Important?
• The Young Invincibles Health Care Finder
Mobile App
• Next Steps for the Mobile App
What is Mobile Technology?
Entertainment
• Mobile Technology
describes cellular
communication
technologies, including:
▫ Text Messaging
Services
Social Media
▫ Mobile Websites
▫ Mobile Applications
• Mobile Technology is
Financial &
easy to use and access to
Billing
the Internet is always at
one’s fingertips
▫ All the information is in
one place
E-mail & Internet
Gaming
Why is Mobile Technology Important?
There are 101.3 million smartphone users in the United States
• 31% of smartphone users use
their phone as their primary
source of Internet
▫ 80% of these smartphone
users are young adults (1829)
64% of these are African
Americans
60% of these are Latinos
• 52% of smartphone users utilize
their phones to find health
information
▫ Of these, the following groups
are more likely to access health
information from their
smartphones:
Latinos and African Americans
Users between 18-49 years
Users who hold a college
degree
Mobile Technology for Health
• Mobile Technology can be used for
outreach and education
• Examples:
▫ Text4Baby
Text message service - Information
on pregnancy and childcare
Over 500,000 have used the service
since it launched
▫ Get Yourself Tested
Campaign targeting teenagers and
young adults, encouraging them to
get tested for sexually transmitted
diseases and infections
In participating small clinics, STD
testing increased by 71 percent from
2008 to 2010
There’s an app for that:
Health Care Finder
• Young Invincibles has
developed a free health care
education mobile app, “Health
Care Finder” to easily
disseminate health
information to young adults.
• Currently have 4 versions:
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USA
Los Angeles
DC Metro Area
Mississippi
Find A Doctor
• Find doctors and Community
Health Centers in your area
▫ Search by location with GPS
or zip code
▫ Search by name or category
• Shows user ratings of doctors
in the area
▫ The app is integrated with
Yelp, which allows users to
view ratings from others in
the area
Healthcare FAQ
• Information on some of the most
frequently asked questions:
▫ Understanding health insurance
options
▫ Birth control information
▫ Student health plans
▫ Coverage under your parent’s plan
▫ Insurance for chronic conditions
• Explanation of the New Health Care
Law
▫ Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• Definitions of common health
insurance terms
▫ Co-Pay; Deductible; Premium
How do I find the app???
• For iPhone Users:
Visit the Apple Store
• For Android Users:
Visit the Google Play
Store
Next Steps for Young Invincibles!
Young Invincibles is engaging in efforts to learn how we can improve
the app to provide young adults with the information they need to get
covered. Our goal is to have an app that is created FOR young adults,
BY young adults!
• We are working hard to improve the app by:
▫ Launching a Spanish version
▫ Finding ways to make the app more interactive
▫ Including GPS locators to ACA Navigators
• If you have any suggestions to improve the app, please contact us at:
[email protected]
Keep in Touch
@YI_Care
Visit our Healthy Young America Website