While mobile healthcare apps are certainly handy now, they are soon destined to take point in the fight to control healthcare costs. Everything from electronic medical records to diagnostics will pulse across mobile apps on devices ranging from smartphones to tablets. The goal is to put quality medical care at your fingertips and thus cut down on the number of expensive doctor office and emergency room visits. But who’s butt will be in a sling when, inevitably, someone gets hurt from this newfangled way of doctoring? In other words, who is likely to be sued — the app developer, the keeper of the app marketplace, the carrier, or all of the above?
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Mobile Health Apps, Part 4: Life, Death and Lawsuits
Posted by: Pam Baker May 5, 2011 05:00 AMWhile mobile healthcare apps are certainly handy now, they are soon destined to take point in the fight to control healthcare costs. Everything from electronic medical records to diagnostics will pulse across mobile apps on devices ranging from smartphones to tablets. The goal is to put quality medical care at your fingertips and thus cut down on the number of expensive doctor office and emergency room visits. But who’s butt will be in a sling when, inevitably, someone gets hurt from this newfangled way of doctoring? In other words, who is likely to be sued — the app developer, the keeper of the app marketplace, the carrier, or all of the above?