'Trust but verify' - five approaches to ensure safe medical apps

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wicks, Paul ^a   Chiauzzi, Emil ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apps; Asthma; Diabetes; E health; Insulin; Internet; Mobile health; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA SYNTHESIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL APPLICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DERIVATIVE;

ASTHMA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL PHONES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INSULINS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84942373994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0451-z     Document Type: Article

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