A hierarchical framework for evaluation and informed decision making regarding smartphone apps for clinical care

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 498-500

  Torous, John Blake ^a   Chan, Steven Richard ^b   Yee Marie Tan Gipson, Shih ^c   Kim, Jung Won ^c   Nguyen, Thuc Quyen ^a   Luo, John ^d   Wang, Philip ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOBILE APPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SMARTPHONE;

DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 85046336016     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700423     Document Type: Article

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