Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Symptom Checker Apps in Primary Health Care (CHECK.APP): Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods Study

Anna-Jasmin Wetzel   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Roland Koch   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Christine Preiser   ² , MA ;   Regina Müller   ³ , MA ;   Malte Klemmt   ⁴ , MA ;   Robert Ranisch   ⁵ , Prof Dr ;   Hans-Jörg Ehni   ³ , Prof Dr ;   Urban Wiesing   ³ , Prof Dr ;   Monika A Rieger   ² , Prof Dr ;   Tanja Henking   ⁴ , Prof Dr ;   Stefanie Joos   ¹ , Prof Dr

¹ Institute of General Practice and Interprofessional Care, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

² Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

³ Institute of Ethics and History of Medicine, University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

⁴ Institute of Applied Social Science, University of Applied Science Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Würzburg, Germany

⁵ Faculty of Health Science Brandenburg, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

*these authors contributed equally