Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2020
Actual and potential harm caused by medical software
16 July 2020 - TGA publishes a rapid literature review of safety and performance issues.
The advent of widespread software resources, particularly those accessible through smart phones and smartphone apps has led to public expectations that digital health and medical information will be easy to access via apps and that such information will also be reliable.
In 2018, over a third of adults were self-diagnosing health conditions by going online, and by 2020 over half a million health apps were available in major app stores.
This is despite there being no way for consumers (or their healthcare providers) to verify the safety, accuracy or effectiveness of this software.
