Will Your Smartphone Be the Next Doctor’s Office?
Smartphone health app developers investing in clinical studies: Advances in technology are slowly turning smartphones into medical devices that measure signs of health and transmit data to clinicians; however, the accuracy and clinical utility of most health-related smartphone tools and apps still must be validated, says Eugene Yang of the University of Washington. Technology that has not been validated against approved medical devices can yield false positives and negatives that drive health spending higher, so some developers have been investing in clinical trials.