Health-related smartphone apps: Regulations, safety, privacy and quality

BMJ Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 43-45

  BinDhim, Nasser F ^a,b   Trevena, Lyndal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOBILE APPLICATION; NETWORK LEARNING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84999587871     PISSN: 20558074     EISSN: 2055642X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2014-000019     Document Type: Note

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