Physicians hesitant about health apps

More than one-third of physicians have prescribed an app to their patients, but 42 percent say they won't, citing the lack of regulatory oversight, according to polling results from QuantiaMD, a social learning network for physicians.

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Physicians simply aren’t early adopters of technology — the slow adoption of electronic health records is one good example of that. So it’s no surprise that most doctors haven’t prescribed mobile apps for their patients.

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