27 October 2020 - Health apps are software programs that are designed to prevent, diagnose, monitor, or manage conditions.

Inconsistent terminology for apps is used in research literature and bibliographic database subject headings. 

It can therefore be challenging to retrieve evidence about them in literature searches. Information specialists at the United Kingdom's NICE have developed novel validated search filters to retrieve evidence about apps from MEDLINE and Embase (Ovid).

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