Do smartphone applications in healthcare require a governance and legal framework? It depends on the application!

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Charani, Esmita ^a   Castro Sánchez, Enrique ^a   Moore, Luke S P ^a   Holmes, Alison ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apps; Ehealth; Mhealth; Smartphone; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84894057202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-29     Document Type: Note

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