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| Title |
Privacy and Security in Mobile Health Apps: A Review and Recommendations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Medical Systems, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10916-014-0181-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Borja Martínez-Pérez, Isabel de la Torre-Díez, Miguel López-Coronado |
| Abstract |
In a world where the industry of mobile applications is continuously expanding and new health care apps and devices are created every day, it is important to take special care of the collection and treatment of users' personal health information. However, the appropriate methods to do this are not usually taken into account by apps designers and insecure applications are released. This paper presents a study of security and privacy in mHealth, focusing on three parts: a study of the existing laws regulating these aspects in the European Union and the United States, a review of the academic literature related to this topic, and a proposal of some recommendations for designers in order to create mobile health applications that satisfy the current security and privacy legislation. This paper will complement other standards and certifications about security and privacy and will suppose a quick guide for apps designers, developers and researchers. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 21% |
| France | 2 | 14% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |
| Sweden | 1 | 7% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 86% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 562 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 557 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 124 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 85 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 46 | 8% |
| Researcher | 44 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 32 | 6% |
| Other | 104 | 19% |
| Unknown | 127 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 137 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 57 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 41 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 34 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 28 | 5% |
| Other | 117 | 21% |
| Unknown | 148 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 April 2016.
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