Beyond Dr. Google: the evidence on consumer-facing digital tools for diagnosis. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Beyond Dr. Google: the evidence on consumer-facing digital tools for diagnosis. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published July 2018

Beyond Dr. Google: the evidence on consumer-facing digital tools for diagnosis.

Millenson ML, Baldwin JL, Zipperer L, Singh H. Diagnosis (Berl). 2018 Jul 23; [Epub ahead of print].

Recently, several mobile health care applications have been developed and marketed directly to nonclinician consumers. Researchers reviewed the literature regarding direct-to-consumerdiagnostic applications. They found wide variation in the safety of these applications and suggest that further research is needed to thoroughly assess their effectiveness.

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