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ReviewJournal of medical systems2015

Privacy and security in mobile health apps: a review and recommendations.

Borja Martínez-Pérez, Isabel de la Torre-Díez, Miguel López-Coronado

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Review in Journal of medical systems, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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109 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Borja Martínez-PérezDepartment of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 15. 47011, Valladolid, Spain, borja.martinez@uva.es.
Isabel de la Torre-Díez
Miguel López-Coronado

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

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Computer SecurityConfidentialityEuropean UnionHumansMobile ApplicationsPrivacyTelemedicineUnited States

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PMID25486895

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