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| Title |
The regulation of mobile health applications
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-10-46 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amy J Barton |
| Abstract |
In July 2011, the United States Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance concerning the regulation of mobile medical applications (applications on a wireless device that are used as accessories to medical devices or to convert a mobile platform to a medical device). While the suggestion of regulation is rooted in patient safety, concerns about limits on innovation and discovery as well as the evolving nature of both mobile health and current healthcare delivery have emerged. This article discusses the prevalence of mobile health, the context of regulation concerning mobile medical applications, and implications for the future. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 14% |
| Spain | 3 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 71% |
| Scientists | 3 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 323 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Argentina | 2 | <1% |
| Ireland | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 295 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 81 | 25% |
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 12% |
| Researcher | 34 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 18 | 6% |
| Other | 64 | 20% |
| Unknown | 45 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 70 | 22% |
| Computer Science | 59 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 33 | 10% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 24 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 67 | 21% |
| Unknown | 53 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 October 2016.
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#1,414,597
of 23,567,572 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#992
of 3,568 outputs
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#8,227
of 164,984 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#7
of 32 outputs
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