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Mobile apps for quick adverse drug reaction report: A scoping review

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Spontaneous notification systems are essential in a post‐marketing safety context. However, using this method, only about 6% of all adverse drug reactions are notified. To overcome this sub‐notification problem, new… Click to show full abstract

Spontaneous notification systems are essential in a post‐marketing safety context. However, using this method, only about 6% of all adverse drug reactions are notified. To overcome this sub‐notification problem, new methods need to be developed to improve and facilitate reporting. In this sense, the use of digital media, mainly medical mobile apps, has been presented as a powerful tool, including in pharmacovigilance. We performed a scope review to identify the available apps used to report adverse drug reactions around the world to eventually identify which of them best fits the Portuguese pharmacovigilance system.

Keywords: review; report; adverse drug; mobile apps; drug

Journal Title: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Year Published: 2022

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