The landscape of research on smartphone medical apps: Coherent taxonomy, motivations, open challenges and recommendations

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 393-408

  Hussain, Muzammil ^a   Al Haiqi, Ahmed ^a   Zaidan, A A ^a,b   Zaidan, B B ^a   Kiah, M L M ^a   Anuar, Nor Badrul ^a   Abdulnabi, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Medical and health apps; Mobile health; Smartphone apps; Survey; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; SMARTPHONES; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; TAXONOMIES;

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY; FOCUSED SEARCH; MEDLINE; SMARTPHONE APPS; TECHNICAL LITERATURE; WEB OF SCIENCE;

MHEALTH;

DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDLINE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATION; PRIVACY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENCEDIRECT; SMARTPHONE MEDICAL APPS; TAXONOMY; TECHNOLOGY; WEB OF SCIENCE; CLASSIFICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

CELL PHONES; CLASSIFICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 84947586822     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.08.015     Document Type: Review

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