scholarly journals A reliable rubric for evaluating medical apps

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
ACOG Presidential Task Force
Keyword(s):  
Medical Apps

Using SurveyMonkey® to teach safe social media strategies to medical students in their clinical years

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina A. Bramstedt ◽  
Ben Ierna ◽  
Victoria Woodcroft-Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Media Ethics ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Rotations ◽  
Medical Apps ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Medical Photography

Social media is a valuable tool in the practice of medicine, but it can also be an area of ‘treacherous waters’ for medical students. Those in their upper years of study are off-site and scattered broadly, undertaking clinical rotations; thus, in-house (university lecture) sessions are impractical. Nonetheless, during these clinical years students are generally high users of social media technology, putting them at risk of harm if they lack appropriate ethical awareness. We created a compulsory session in social media ethics (Doctoring and Social Media) offered in two online modes (narrated PowerPoint file or YouTube video) to fourth- and fifth-year undergraduate medical students. The novelty of our work was the use of SurveyMonkey® to deliver the file links, as well as to take attendance and deliver a post-session performance assessment. All 167 students completed the course and provided feedback. Overall, 73% Agreed or Strongly Agreed the course session would aid their professionalism skills and behaviours, and 95% supported delivery of the curriculum online. The most frequent areas of learning occurred in the following topics: email correspondence with patients, medical photography, and awareness of medical apps. SurveyMonkey® is a valuable and efficient tool for curriculum delivery, attendance taking, and assessment activities.

The use of mobile smart devices and medical apps in the family practice setting

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Yaman ◽  
Erdinç Yavuz ◽  
Adem Er ◽  
Ramazan Vural ◽  
Yalçin Albayrak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Practice ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Practice Setting ◽  
Medical Apps ◽  
The Family

Understanding Data Collection Mechanisms Used by Health and Wellness Applications (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Philip ◽  
Mohamed Abdelrazek ◽  
Alessio Bonti ◽  
Scott Barnett ◽  
John Grundy
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Domain Model ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Medical Apps ◽  
App Development ◽  
Health Related

UNSTRUCTURED Our objective is to better understand health-related data collection across different mHealth app categories. This would help in developing a health domain model for mHealth apps to facilitate app development and data sharing between these apps to improve user experience and reduce redundancy in data collection. We identified app categories listed in a curated library which was then used to explore the Google Play Store for health/medical apps that were then filtered using our inclusion criteria. We downloaded and analysed these apps using a script we developed around the popular AndroGuard tool. We analysed the use of Bluetooth peripherals and built-in sensors to understand how a given app collects/generates health data. We retrieved 3,251 applications meeting our criteria, and our analysis showed that only 10.7% of these apps requested permission for Bluetooth access. We found 50.9% of the Bluetooth Service UUIDs to be known in these apps, with the remainder being vendor specific. The most common health-related services using the known UUIDs were Heart Rate, Glucose and Body Composition. App permissions show the most used device module/sensor to be the camera (20.57%), closely followed by GPS (18.39%). Our findings are consistent with previous studies in that not many health apps were found to use built-in sensors or peripherals for collecting health data. The use of more peripherals and automated data collection along with integration with other apps could increase usability and convenience which would eventually also improve user experience and data reliability.

scholarly journals Apps and Mobile Support Services in Canadian Academic Medical Libraries

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tess Grynoch
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Medical Apps ◽  
The Past ◽  
Academic Medical ◽  
Medical App ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Medical Libraries ◽  
The Many ◽  
Mobile Medical Apps

Objective: To examine how Canadian academic medical libraries are supporting mobile apps, what apps are currently being provided by these libraries, and what types of promotion are being used. Methods: A survey of the library websites for the 17 medical schools in Canada was completed. For each library website surveyed, the medical apps listed on the website, any services mentioned through this medium, and any type of app promotion events were noted. When Facebook and Twitter accounts were evident, the tweets were searched and the past two years of Facebook posts scanned for mention of medical apps or mobile services/events. Results: All seventeen academic medical libraries had lists of mobile medical apps with a large range in the number of medical relevant apps (average=31, median= 23). A total of 275 different apps were noted and the apps covered a wide range of subjects. Five of the 14 Facebook accounts scanned had posts about medical apps in the past two years while 11 of the 15 Twitter accounts had tweets about medical apps. Social media was only one of the many promotional methods noted. Outside of the app lists and mobile resources guides, Canadian academic medical libraries are providing workshops, presentations, and drop-in sessions for mobile medical apps. Conclusion: While librarians cannot simply compare mobile services and resources between academic medical libraries without factoring in a number of other circumstances, librarians can learn from mobile resources strategies employed at other libraries, such as using research guides to increase medical app literacy.

FDA Lays Out Rules for Regulating Mobile Medical Apps

JAMA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 310 (17) ◽  
pp. 1783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Mitka
Keyword(s):  
Medical Apps ◽  
Mobile Medical Apps

Recent Advances in Medical Device Triage Technologies for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Events

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystal Lansdowne ◽  
Christopher G. Scully ◽  
Loriano Galeotti ◽  
Suzanne Schwartz ◽  
David Marcozzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Device ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Novel Technologies ◽  
Medical Apps ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Nuclear Events ◽  
Medical Countermeasures

AbstractIn 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (Silver Spring, Maryland USA) created the Medical Countermeasures Initiative with the mission of development and promoting medical countermeasures that would be needed to protect the nation from identified, high‐priority chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) threats and emerging infectious diseases. The aim of this review was to promote regulatory science research of medical devices and to analyze how the devices can be employed in different CBRN scenarios. Triage in CBRN scenarios presents unique challenges for first responders because the effects of CBRN agents and the clinical presentations of casualties at each triage stage can vary. The uniqueness of a CBRN event can render standard patient monitoring medical device and conventional triage algorithms ineffective. Despite the challenges, there have been recent advances in CBRN triage technology that include: novel technologies; mobile medical applications (“medical apps”) for CBRN disasters; electronic triage tags, such as eTriage; diagnostic field devices, such as the Joint Biological Agent Identification System; and decision support systems, such as the Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management Intelligent Syndromes Tool (CHEMM-IST). Further research and medical device validation can help to advance prehospital triage technology for CBRN events.LansdowneK, ScullyCG, GaleottiL, SchwartzS, MarcozziD, StraussDG. Recent advances in medical device triage technologies for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015;30(3):1-4

How to appraise medical apps: a guideline based framework

BMJ ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. f6286
Author(s):  
Misha M Verkerk ◽  
David Bargiela
Keyword(s):  
Medical Apps
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