Viewpoint discusses regulatory challenges and the need for standards in digital health technologies, indicating implications for consumer health decisions.
This Viewpoint discusses the potential for consumer-facing digital health technologies to influence health-related decisions; highlights the regulatory challenges posed by their increased use; and calls for regulatory standards for these technologies that are evidence-based, transparent, understandable by consumers, and proportionate to potential benefits and harms.
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John J. Whyte (2026) studied this question.
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