Multiple uses of app instead of using multiple apps – a case for rethinking the digital health technology toolbox

There are tens of thousands of mental health-related apps available today – representing extreme duplication in this digital age. Instead of a plethora of apps, there is a need for a few that meet the needs of many. Focusing on transparency and free sharing of software, we argue that a collaborative...

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Autores principales: Torous, John, Vaidyam, Aditya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7216034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32000876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796020000013
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spelling pubmed-72160342020-05-18 Multiple uses of app instead of using multiple apps – a case for rethinking the digital health technology toolbox Torous, John Vaidyam, Aditya Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci Editorial There are tens of thousands of mental health-related apps available today – representing extreme duplication in this digital age. Instead of a plethora of apps, there is a need for a few that meet the needs of many. Focusing on transparency and free sharing of software, we argue that a collaborative approach towards apps can advance care through creating customisable and future proofed digital tools that allow all stakeholders to engage in their design and use. Cambridge University Press 2020-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7216034/ /pubmed/32000876 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796020000013 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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