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ihlr-18892	Dayton, Samuel J.	Rethinking Health App Regulation: The Case for Centralized FDA Voluntary Certification of Unregulated Non-Device Mobile Health Apps	2013	38	.pdf	application/pdf	12183	543	52	Many of these apps fail to follow established medical guidelines, and few are tested through the sort of clinical research used for treatments sold by other means.8 Around 247,000,000 smartphone users are expected to have downloaded health apps in 2012.9 Some health apps, such as Lose it as used for weight loss, Azumio as used for measuring heart rates, and iTriage as used to check symptoms and search the local area for hospitals with the shortest wait times, appear to be quite good.10 However, consumers tend to have to rely upon descriptions written by an app's developers or the anonymous, mixed reviews. Apps are generally sold through third parties. 17 Id. 716 Vol. 11:2 RETHINKING HEALTH APP REGULATION signal to consumers which health apps had met an established set of protective criteria.	cache/ihlr-18892.pdf	txt/ihlr-18892.txt