Mobile Apps on the Move
Mobile phones are everywhere. According to a recent Pew Internet Project study, 82% of U.S. adults are active cellphone users. These days, however, cellphones do much more than make calls. Some phones are small, handheld computers that run applications (apps for short) that send and receive email, take pictures and more.
According to that same 2010 Pew survey, 24% of adults in the U.S. use mobile phone apps on a regular basis. That means that roughly one in four American adults uses mobile apps.
Always Connected
The Pew research gives us a glimpse into a world where data is flowing at all times. If you're one of the four who runs mobile apps, think about how often you check your email, view documents or carry on business while you're away from the office.
Roger Entner, co-author of the Pew Internet Project's report on the rising apps culture says, "This is a pretty remarkable tech-adoption story, if you consider that there was no apps culture until two years ago."
Entner's report showed the following findings:
- 82% of adults are cell phone users
- 23% of households have no landline
- 72% of adults send or receive text messages
- 38% of adults access the Internet from their phone
- 35% of adults have cell phones with apps, but only 68% actually use them
- Adults who use apps average 18 apps downloaded to their phone
- 11% of adult cell phone users don't know if they have apps on their phone
Humana at Your Fingertips
What difference does all that make to your organization? In a fast-paced business environment, it's important that information makes it into the hands of your audience - especially when it comes to their health. If every one of your employees could download an app that had all their health information in one place - from insurance cards to benefit plans - you could save time communicating information, and they could save time hunting for it. The MyHumana Mobile app does exactly that.
When your employees use MyHumana Mobile, they can:
- Find nearby Urgent Care centers
- Find providers in their network
- Check spending account balances
- View medical and pharmacy claims
- Check and fax member information
- Get text messages about their health and well-being
- Play games on Humana's entertainment applications to exercise mind and body
Do Your Employees Use a Smartphone?
Smartphone users have easy access to MyHumana Mobile. If they're on an iPhone, just search for Humana in the app store and hit download. Android users just search the Android Market and download it from there.
Do They Use Their Phone to Browse the Web?
Send them to m.humana.com, where they can log in using their MyHumana user ID and password.
Do Your Employees Text?
To check spending accounts, or to sign up for health text alerts, have them:
- Register or log into MyHumana
- Go to My Profile
- Click "Manage my Mobile Number and Alerts"
Then they can text "BAL" to HUMANA (486262) to get their savings account balance.
Your employees are already connected, so why not turn them on to quick, around-the-clock access to information about their health and well-being? Point them in the direction of a mobile app that informs and entertains with one simple touch of their smartphone's screen. Point them toward MyHumana Mobile and see how it can help.
For more information, visit go.humana.com/mymobile.
