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The use of mobile apps in healthcare is growing. Consumers are using apps to track and to track and improve their health. Clinicians are also using apps to improve the care they provide to patients. Alongside their many benefits, apps can harm patients by giving wrong advice or not respond appropriately to health dangers. For example, when a user enters suicidal thoughts. This paper looks at the challenges with assuring the quality, safety and security of apps in healthcare.

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This page is a summary of: Why is it so difficult to govern mobile apps in healthcare?, BMJ Health & Care Informatics, November 2019, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/bmjhci-2019-100006.
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