FSU-Daytona Beach
Informatics: Prescribing Medical Apps to Patients
Presenter: Joanne Saxour, M.D.
Objectives: Identify current medical uses of apps in practice; Describe the FDA oversight of medical apps and devices that communicate with smartphone apps; Identify reasons for prescribing apps to patients; Describe a process for prescribing apps to patients; List security considerations for smartphone app usage by patients; Describe ways EMRs are developing apps for patients and integrate data from other apps; How this technology will evolve healthcare?