Are mobile health applications useful for supporting shared decision making in diagnostic and treatment decisions?

Glob Health Action

a Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation, Population Health and Practice-Changing Research group , CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Research Centre, Saint-François-d'Assise Hospital, Quebec City , QC , Canada.

Published: June 2017

Mobile health (mHealth) applications intended to support shared decision making in diagnostic and treatment decisions are increasingly available. In this paper, we discuss some recent studies on mHealth applications with relevance to shared decision making. We discuss the potential advantages and disadvantages of using mHealth in shared decision making in various contexts, and suggest some directions for future research in this quickly expanding field.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5645724PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1332259DOI Listing

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