Health-related smartphone apps: regulations, safety, privacy and quality
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To cite: BinDhim NF, Trevena L. BMJ Innov Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bmjinnov-2014000019 The uptake of smartphones is growing exponentially around the globe. 2 Their use by health consumers and healthcare professionals is increasing. Smartphone technology particularly impacts on health policy via two new challenges: (1) smartphone app stores can act as mass global media channels to augment or undermine public health efforts and (2) smartphone apps are portals to a multitude of health interventions with unprecedented proximity to health consumers. This paper discusses the issues related to smartphone apps regulations, safety, privacy and quality.
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