Usability of a novel mobile health iPad app by vulnerable populations

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Miller, David P ^a   Weaver, Kathryn E ^a   Case, L Doug ^a   Babcock, Donald ^b   Lawler, Donna ^a   Denizard Thompson, Nancy ^a   Pignone, Michael P ^c   Spangler, John G ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Health literacy; Primary care; Technology assessment; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045928521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.7268     Document Type: Article

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