Medical apps for smartphones: Lack of evidence undermines quality and safety

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 90-92

  Buijink, Arthur Willem Gerard ^a   Visser, Benjamin Jelle ^a   Marshall, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW;

GENERAL MEDICINE (SEE INTERNAL MEDICINE); PUBLIC HEALTH;

CELLULAR PHONE; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84878191643     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2012-100885     Document Type: Review

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