The role of medical smartphone apps in clinical decision-support: A literature review

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Highlights:

• The evidence base for clinical decision-support apps is lacking but a few robust studies have been performed.

• Accuracy studies for decision-support apps plentiful but few are evaluated in practice.

• Global health emerged as an early adopter of decision-support apps.

• Apps which are image-based, integrate clinical guidelines into educational tools or translate predictive models predominate.

• Technical description of app development and regulation were highly varied.

摘要

•The evidence base for clinical decision-support apps is lacking but a few robust studies have been performed.•Accuracy studies for decision-support apps plentiful but few are evaluated in practice.•Global health emerged as an early adopter of decision-support apps.•Apps which are image-based, integrate clinical guidelines into educational tools or translate predictive models predominate.•Technical description of app development and regulation were highly varied.

论文关键词:Smartphone,App,Decision-support,Decision-making aid or tool,Digital health,mhealth

论文评审过程:Received 27 March 2019, Revised 26 June 2019, Accepted 18 August 2019, Available online 21 August 2019, Version of Record 4 September 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2019.101707