Mukund Poddar, Jayson S Marwaha, William Yuan, Santiago Romero-Brufau, Gabriel A Brat
An operational guide to translational clinical machine learning in academic medical centers
NPJ digital medicine
paper examines state art mobile clinical healthrelated apps 2012 estimate puts number healthrelated apps fewer 40000 healthcare professionals consumers continue express concerns quality many apps calling form app regulatory control certification put place describe range apps offer 2013 present brief survey evaluation studies medical healthrelated apps conducted date covering range clinical disciplines topics survey includes studies highlighted risks negative issues worrying deficiencies existing apps discuss concept apps medical device relevant regulatory controls apply usa europe offering examples apps formally approved using mechanisms describe online health apps library run national health service england calls vetted medical health app store discuss ingredients successful apps beyond rather narrow definition apps medical device ingredients cover app content quality usability need match apps consumers general health literacy levels device connectivity standards apps connect glucometers blood pressure monitors etc well app security user privacy happtique health app certification program hacp voluntary app certification scheme successfully captures desiderata solely focused apps targeting us market hacp welcome ways reminiscent early days web many similar quality benchmarking tools codes conduct information publishers proposed appraise rate online medical health information probably impossible rate police every app offer today much like early days web people quickly realised regarding informational web pages best first line defence always educate consumers regarding potentially harmful content apps