Health Outcomes Worldwide has launched  a new mobile apps for its how2trak software, which allows nurses and other healthcare providers to use data to improve their service for patients while reducing costs.

The Cape Breton healthcare administration company said in a press release last week the app can be used on iPads and Android mobile devices.

Health Outcomes Worldwide has the largest proprietary database of wound care treatment data in North America. When it received $1.5 million in funding last year from Nova Scotia Business Inc., the company said it would use the proceeds to launch the next version of how2Trak and initiate other projects. Health Outcomes previously received $250,000 in funding from Innovacorp in 2011.

Now used in about 50 jurisdictions, how2Trak requires, reminds, and guides healthcare professionals to follow evidence-based, best practice care and tells these professionals at the point of care whether the patient’s condition is improving or worsening.

“Our vision is to transform chronic disease management,” Founders and President Corrine McIsaac said in a statement. “Our announcement today continues our momentum in executing upon that vision.”

The statement said how2trak software is already the world’s premier e-health solution in converting raw data into actionable knowledge to improve patient care at much lower costs. The new mobile app improves on the product, adding such features as multiple touch screens, a searchable product page, and the ability to upload photos directly to patient records.

The benefits of the app, which can be integrated into existing healthcare data systems, include access to better information, lower healthcare costs, and improved human resources processes.

Health Outcomes’ system is especially useful in assisting certain forms of treatment, such as compression therapy for venous leg ulcers. Using the largest wound care database in Canada, Health Outcome guides professionals to applying compression therapy more regularly and effectively. McIsaac said the company is using its research expertise and customer feedback to develop software modules for chronic obstructive pulminary disorder, dementia, arthritis, and falls prevention.