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. 2017 Jun;79(3):266-267.
doi: 10.1007/s12262-017-1627-x. Epub 2017 Mar 22.

Medical Professionals and Smartphone Applications

Varun Arunagiri  1 , M Parimala  1 , P Ragumani  1 , Kothai Anbalagan  2
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Medical Professionals and Smartphone Applications

Varun Arunagiri et al. Indian J Surg. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

Ever since the advent of Smartphones, Smartphone applications (SAs) are revolutionizing the contemporary medicine. Smartphone application which was created in view of swift communications among the general public has now intruded the medical fraternity. But the ethics for using these applications to transfer patients' medical records through SA is bewildering among the medical professionals (MPs).

Keywords: Consent; Ethics; Medical professionals; Smartphone applications; WhatsApp.

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Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1
Bar chart showing percentage (%) of Indian MPs who share (Yes) and do not share (No) the patients’ details through SAs
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Bar chart showing comparison between Indian MPs and others MPs in getting consent form to share the patients’ details in SAs
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