Table 5.

Questions on the application, state of knowledge, data safety, and legal obligations of medical eHealth apps (n=93).

Question		Responses (%)
		No	Yes	Unknown	Missing data
Is it appropriate to use common messaging apps for professional communication (eg, WhatsApp)?		52.7	38.7	8.6	0.0
Do you know of safe messaging apps for professional communication (eg, Siilo, Careflow Connect, MedCrowd)?		89.2	10.8	0.0	0.0
Is it appropriate to use common email for professional communication in health systems?		62.4	28.0	8.6	1.1
Do you have sufficient knowledge of the technical aspects of medical apps and cloud computing to evaluate their application in clinical daily work life?		64.5	21.5	12.9	1.1
Do you have sufficient knowledge of the technical aspects of medical apps and cloud computing regarding legal aspects and data safety to evaluate their application in clinical daily work life?		81.7	4.3	14.0	0.0
Do you use telemedical applications in your clinical daily work life?		64.5	33.3	2.2	0.0
Have you been asked about medical apps by patients yet?		82.8	16.1	1.1	0.0
Do you think a legal obligation for external certification of medical apps is required ?
	Regarding safe communication and data storage?	4.3	84.9	9.7	1.1
	Regarding medical effectiveness and quality of contents?	5.4	78.5	14.0	2.2