What is Pediatric Patient

The World Health Organization described mHealth as the integration between traditional healthcare assistance and Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs) and devices. mHealth applications are developed by the joined contributions of healthcare researchers and informatic engineers. In pediatric healthcare, these apps can be used to foster the child's distraction through play, but also for psychoeducational and support purposes, according to gamification principles. A growing body of scientific studies points out that mHealth provides fruitful support in surgical practices with pediatric patients and in children's pain management. Research stresses out the core challenge of this field of investigation: the difficulty to develop engaging mHealth applications for pediatric patients that must be, at the same time, effective. In order to deepen the knowledge about pediatric mHealth, the chapter offers a review of N=11 mHealth applications, describing their main features, aims, and scientific outcomes.