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Medical Apps -The Road To Trust

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Objectives: With health apps and medical apps gaining popularity, assessing their quality still remains an open question.Users are often unaware of potential pitfalls and unsure whether an app can be trusted.Methods: Following an overview over the current situation (including inherent risks and limits) that also covers existing measures and regulatory questions, additional methods for aiding those preforming app assessments are proposed.Results: Two methods that may aid various stakeholders in their evaluations are outlined.Conclusions: The presented tools are currently being evaluated and open for discussion; we believe them to be easy to use.

Source: European Journal for Biomedical Informatics

DOI: 10.24105/ejbi.2015.11.3.3

Authors: Urs-Vito Albrecht, Oliver Pramann, Ute von Jan

Institutions: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Technische Universität Braunschweig

Language: English

Topic: Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2741348510

FWCI: 2.516

Cites: 13

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10