Transparency of health-apps for trust and decision making

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Albrecht, Urs Vito ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Android; App; BlackBerry; Education; Health care; Iphone; Medicine; Mobile phone; Smartphone; Standards; Technology; Windows Phone

Indexed keywords

ANDROID; APP; BLACKBERRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IPHONE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; MOBILE PHONE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; SMARTPHONE; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; WINDOWS PHONE;

ANDROID; APP; BLACKBERRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; IPHONE; MEDICINE; MOBILE PHONE; SMARTPHONE; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; WINDOWS PHONE;

CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84891819488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2981     Document Type: Letter

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