Digital health app development standards: a systematic review protocol (BMJ Open)

Summary

This review by Van Velthoven et al, published in BMJ Open, provides a systematic overview of standards for the development of health apps based on those for software of medical devices and clinical information systems.

Content

This article includes:

• a comprehensive search of standards.
• aims to improve the quality of health apps, and is a critical ’stepping stone’ to producing actionable guidelines for developers and adopters.