Evaluating and selecting mobile health apps: strategies for healthcare providers and healthcare organizations

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 363-371

  Boudreaux, Edwin D ^a   Waring, Molly E ^a   Hayes, Rashelle B ^a   Sadasivam, Rajani S ^a   Mullen, Sean ^b   Pagoto, Sherry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Application; e health; Health behavior; Health promotion; Mobile health

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PURCHASING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84920574749     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-014-0293-9     Document Type: Review

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