Mobile Health Apps That Act as Surgical Preparatory Guides: App Store Search and Quality Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) apps are becoming increasingly common in surgical practices for training, education, and communication. Factors leading to increased delays, morbidity, and mortality in surgery include inadequate preoperative patient preparation due to a failure to identify patients and procedure details, and missing instruments and equipment required for the procedure. Many apps are available for supporting preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care. However, there is a lack of studies that assess the quality of apps that act as surgical preparatory guides.

Objective

The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of apps that act as surgical preparatory guides for operating room personnel through an in-house quality assessment tool.

Methods<

SUBMITTER: Gadde NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672284 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature