Mobile Mental Health: Navigating New Rules and Regulations for Digital Tools

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Armontrout, James ^a   Torous, John ^b,c   Fisher, Matthew ^d   Drogin, Eric ^b   Gutheil, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Attorney at Law   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Legal; mHealth; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PRIVACY; SAFETY; SMARTPHONE; HEALTH INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PRIVACY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84983607508     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-016-0726-x     Document Type: Review

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