David M. Levine|Zoe Co|Lisa P. Newmark|Alissa Groisser|Anders Holmgren|Jennifer S. Haas|David W. Bates
Design and testing of a mobile health application rating tool
Harvard University|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Mass General Brigham|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|Harvard University|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Mass General Brigham
mobile health applications apps rapidly proliferated yet ability improve outcomes patients remains unclear validated tool addresses apps potentially important dimensions available patients clinicians objective study develop preliminarily assess usable valid opensource rating tool objectively measure risks benefits health apps accomplished using delphi process constructed app rating tool called thesis could promote informed app selection used systematic process select chronic disease apps 4 stars 4stars rated thesis examine tools interrater reliability internal consistency rated 211 apps finding performed fair overall 302 5 95 ci 296309 especially poorly privacysecurity 221 5 95 ci 211232 interoperability 175 95 ci 159191 availability multiple languages 143 5 95 ci 130156 ratings using thesis fair interrater reliability 0306 excellent scale reliability 085 correlation traditional star ratings low r 024 suggesting thesis captures issues beyond general user acceptance preliminary testing thesis suggests apps serve patients chronic disease could perform much better particularly privacysecurity interoperability thesis warrants testing may guide software policymakers improve app performance apps consistently improve patient outcomes