Digitizing diagnosis: A review of mobile applications in the diagnostic process

Diagnosis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 89-96

  Jutel, Annemarie ^a   Lupton, Deborah ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

apps; diagnosis; doctor patient; mobile software; smart phones

Indexed keywords

BOOK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SMARTPHONE; TEACHING;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84926436518     PISSN: 21948011     EISSN: 2194802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/dx-2014-0068     Document Type: Review

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