Heterogeneity of information across seven curated national or international digital health app repositories - Takeaways - MDSpire

Heterogeneity of information across seven curated national or international digital health app repositories

  • By

  • Viet-Thi Tran

  • Philippe Ravaud

  • Marleen Kunneman

  • Victor M. Montori

  • Ngan Thi Thuy Phi

  • July 1, 2026

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    Over 350,000 digital health applications have been developed globally, offering various functionalities for patient monitoring and health interventions.

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    Curated repositories have been established to evaluate health apps based on safety, privacy, effectiveness, and usability, using different assessment approaches.

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    The study reviewed 140 health apps from seven prominent repositories to analyze the completeness and variability of information provided.

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    Repositories included in the study were selected for their prominence in Europe and North America and aimed to serve clinicians and patients nationally.

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    Information items were categorized into safety-critical and contextual categories to assess their relevance for clinical decision-making.

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Heterogeneity of information across seven curated national or international digital health app repositories

  • by Viet-Thi Tran, Philippe Ravaud, Marleen Kunneman, Victor M. Montori, Ngan Thi Thuy Phi

  • July 1, 2026

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