scholarly journals Assessment of privacy policy compliance for chronic disease management applications in China (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenni Ni ◽  
Yiying Wang ◽  
Yuxing Qian
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Disease Management ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Chronic Disease Management ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Privacy Policy ◽  
Privacy Policies ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Privacy Risks

BACKGROUND With the development of mobile health, chronic disease management applications have brought the possibility of reducing the burden of chronic diseases and also brought huge privacy risks to patients' health data. OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study is to analyze the extent to which chronic disease management apps comply with personal information security regulations. METHODS This article analyzed the privacy policies of 39 popular chronic disease management apps, introduced a scale based on personal information security specifications, and analyzed the compliance of privacy policies from various stages of the information life cycle. RESULTS 26 apps (66.7%) have a privacy policy and the average score of these apps is 39 points. CONCLUSIONS It was found that most chronic disease management apps in China have a privacy policy, but the content expression was ambiguous and unclear, and it did not meet the requirements of regulations. Besides, the security issues at the information destruction stage were ignored by most app vendors.

Wearable devices in healthcare: Privacy and information security issues

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 150-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liezel Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Protect Health Information ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Health Need ◽  
Privacy Risks

Background: Mobile health has provided new and exciting ways for patients to partake in their healthcare. Wearable devices are designed to collect the user’s health data, which can be analysed to provide information about the user’s health status. However, little research has been conducted that addresses privacy and information security issues of these devices. Objective: To investigate the privacy and information security issues to which users are exposed when using wearable health devices. Method: The study used a cross-sectional survey approach to collect data from a convenience sample of 106 respondents. Results: Half of the respondents did not understand the need to protect health information. There also appeared to be a general lack of awareness among respondents about the information security issues surrounding their data collected by wearable devices. Conclusion: Users were not knowledgeable about the privacy risks that their data are exposed to or how these data are protected once collected. Implications: Users of wearable devices that collect personal information about health need to be educated about privacy and information security issues to which they are exposed when using these devices.

A Flexible Electrochemical-Physiological Epidermal Hybrid Patch for Chronic Disease Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanghyuk Yoon ◽  
Hyosang Yoon ◽  
Seokgyu Ko ◽  
Chani Park ◽  
Md Abu Zahed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Disease Management ◽  
Chronic Disease Management
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