Before you go for that mhealth app, read this

This common sense six-page guide to consumer mHealth apps, which are proliferating like dandelions on spring lawns, is free, fairly simple and put together by a trusted source–The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Its emphasis is on defining what an app is, how to select the best one for you and–being that it’s AHIMA–securing your private data, particularly taking some care to read the app’s privacy policy. One hopes that they will get the word out through consumer and privacy channels, not to just the HIT and IT security types who read HealthITSecurity. MyPHR/Mobile Health Apps 101: A Primer for Consumers