HealthIT Answers August 18, 2023
By Meredith Calloway, Sr. Director Content Operations, symplr
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Take a scroll through your smartphone’s app store, and you’ll find a wide array of applications on everything from fitness and nutrition tracking to fitness coaching and physiological monitoring available for download. But an increasing number of apps aren’t just for wellness: They are medical devices for serious health concerns such as diabetes mellitus, asthma, depression and substance use disorders.
With 85% of adults in the United States owning a smartphone in 2021, there’s no question that smartphones and access to apps are nearly ubiquitous. But as a medical policy maker you probably have a lot of questions about medical apps: What are these apps, when do they need a prescription,...
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