Need for the Development of a Specific Regulatory Framework for Evaluation of Mobile Health Apps in Peru: Systematic Search on App Stores and Content Analysis.
Leonardo Rojas MezarinaJavier Silva-ValenciaStefan Escobar-AgredaDaniel Hector Espinoza HerreraMiguel S EgoavilMirko Maceda KuljichFiorella Inga-BerrospiGerardo RoncerosPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)
Because many Peruvian mHealth apps have issues related to security and privacy of data, quality of information provided, and lack of available evidence of their usability and effectiveness, there is an urgent need to develop a regulatory framework based on existing medical device and health information system norms in order to promote the evaluation and regulation of all the aforesaid aspects, including the creation of a national repository for these apps that describes all these characteristics.