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Published on in Vol 8 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/52726, first published .
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Barriers to Postdischarge Smartphone App Use Among Patients With Traumatic Rib Fractures

Barriers to Postdischarge Smartphone App Use Among Patients With Traumatic Rib Fractures

Margaret T Berrigan   1 , MS, MD ;   Brendin R Beaulieu-Jones   1, 2 , MBA, MBI, MD ;   Rachel Baines   1 , MSN, NP ;   Seth Berkowitz   3 , MD ;   Heather Evans   4 , MS, MD ;   Gabriel A Brat   1, 2 , MPH, MD

1 Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States

2 Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

3 Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States

4 Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Gabriel A Brat, MPH, MD
  • Department of Surgery
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • 110 Francis Street
  • Suite 2G
  • Boston, MA 02215
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 617-632-9922
  • Email: gbrat@bidmc.harvard.edu