A study published this month in the journal Health Affairs found problems with many smartphone health apps. Most concerning was what happened (or didn’t happen) with information that should have drawn warnings from the app—like selecting “yes” when the app asked if the user was feeling suicidal, or entering extremely abnormal levels for blood sugar levels. Only 28 of 121 apps responded appropriately to such red-flag information, researchers said. Health apps “should have some common-sense standards” says lead author Karandeep Singh, assistant professor of learning health sciences and of medicine at the medical school. “The vast majority of apps do not have any kind of response.”
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