https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ly2157299.html INTRODUCTION Mobile devices can be incorporated into therapy as an engaging alternative to traditional therapy options. The use of mobile devices and smartphone applications can enhance the quality of care provided by health care professionals. PURPOSE To find mobile apps that can be incorporated into hand therapy practice. METHODS Hand therapy evaluation, interventions, proprioception, laterality, and home exercise program applications can be incorporated into practice. Patient education can also be provided via the use of mobile applications. CONCLUSION Smartphone applications can be a valuable intervention and impact performance in individuals with impaired hand function. Smartphone applications offer a client-centered, and potentially motivating, activity option that can be utilized to aid the hand therapist. BACKGROUND Approximately one-half of women undergoing hysterectomy in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system receive minimally invasive hysterectomies (MIH), with Black women less likely than White women to receive MIH. We sought to characterize gynecologists' perspectives on factors contributing to the availability and provision of MIH and on the role of race/ethnicity in decision making. METHODS Between October 2017 and January 2018, we conducted 16 in-depth semistructured telephone interviews with Department of Veterans Affairs gynecologists exploring practice characteristics and barriers and facilitators to providing MIH, including clinical and nonclinical characteristics of patients impacting surgical decision making. We identified key themes using simultaneous deductive and inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS Gynecologists identified provider-, facility-, and patient-level barriers and facilitators to MIH. Provider-level factors included gynecologists' skills and training in MIH, and facility factors included access to qualified surgical assistants, availability of surgical equipment,