Health apps may become an important instrument in the promotion of self-treatment for patients. They are very much on the rise and being developed at an astounding rate; they are generally available and often at a low cost, but what are the associated risks?
Given the lack of applicable regulations, the use of certain applications may become a double edged sword – for example, when they are used in tele-diagnosis. But a guide has now been launched to provide safe, reliable searches: The European Directory of Mobile Health APPS 2012-2013, which seeks to organize the current market of mobile medical and health applications.
Aimed at patient-users, the directory has been created by different European associations in order to gather together the most recommended healthcare applications in a single place.
The European Directory of Mobile Health Applications 2012-2013, is available here.
