Becker's Healthcare March 9, 2022
Katie Adams

Patients using an app were more than twice as likely to disclose sensitive information such as domestic violence, depression and fall risk than they were with verbal screenings, according to a study published March 8 in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers studied the use of mPath, a tablet-based app created at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest School of Medicine. They studied the app’s use at six primary care practices among 23,026 adult patients.

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