title: Know your apps: an evidence-based approach to evaluation of mobile clinical applications.
abstract: Medical smartphone applications (apps) are becoming common as point-of-care references for health professionals and students. There is currently no regulation of the information that is included in the apps or guidelines for recommended use. Judicious review of apps by the user is important before using the information to make treatment-related decisions or as a learning tool in didactic and clinical education.
authors.affiliation: Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, USA. mmurfin@elon.edu
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murfin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010823:Physician Assistants; D012986:Software Validation