Smartphone apps for calculating insulin dose: a systematic assessment
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Smartphone apps for calculating insulin dose: a systematic assessment
BACKGROUND Medical apps are widely available, increasingly used by patients and clinicians, and are being actively promoted for use in routine care. However, there is little systematic evidence exploring possible risks associated with apps intended for patient use. Because self-medication errors are a recognized source of avoidable harm, apps that affect medication use, such as dose calculators...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0314-7