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Leaving patients to their own devices? Smart technology, safety and therapeutic relationships. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Leaving patients to their own devices? Smart technology, safety and therapeutic relationships. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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  • Commentary
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  • Published March 2018

Leaving patients to their own devices? Smart technology, safety and therapeutic relationships.



    Although use of smart technologies for self-diagnosis and care management offers patients convenience, cost-savings, and expediency, they may also contribute to poor decision-makingand harm. This commentary explores the impact of direct-to-consumer monitoring devices and smartphone applications on care and the therapeutic relationship. The authors advocate for regulation and assessment regarding accuracy of these tools.




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