What makes a good clinical app? Introducing the RCP Health Informatics Unit checklist

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 519-521

  Wyatt, Jeremy C ^a,b   Thimbleby, Harold ^b,c   Rastall, Paul ^b,d   Hoogewerf, Jan ^b   Wooldridge, Darren ^b   Williams, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Publications Department   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Neath Port Talbot Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical use of technology; Donabedian's structure; Health informatics; Medical apps; MHealth; Outcome; Process; Quality assessment checklist

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; COLLEGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; RUNNING; STAFF; TABLET; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MOBILE APPLICATION; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; LONDON; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84948683268     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-519     Document Type: Article

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