Mobile personal health records: An evaluation of features and functionality

Kharrazi, Hadi; Chisholm, Robin; VanNasdale, Dean; Thompson, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.04.007

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“…There is a recognized need for interpretation of results to individualize results beyond the quality generic information available from an authoritative site, such as Lab Test on Line [11] and the majority of Laboratory Medicine Societies surveyed are supportive of an approach that enables better patient engagement and comprehension. If there are legal and ethical impediments [14,15], that is a matter for national governments; for EU countries health is a subsidiarity matter, though crossborder health policy initiatives would be facilitated with patient ownership of their record, including results [16]. Patients want to know about results [17].…”

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confidence: 99%

European views on patients directly obtaining their laboratory test results

Watson

Siódmiak

Oosterhuis

et al. 2015

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

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Background: Medicine is a highly professionalized endeavour, by tradition centred on the authority of physicians. Better education and the advent of the information age cater for increased demands on society in general and on health care in particular to enable people to make informed decisions regarding themselves. Participation in medical decisions requires informed knowledge which is hard to obtain without substantial and time consuming professional help. Methods: We performed a survey amongst the member organizations of European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) in order to investigate the recognition and preparedness of providing help to patients in interpreting their laboratory results. Results: Out of 40 EFLM Member Societies, 27 sent their responses to the survey. In most cases the first line delivery of laboratory results to physicians is by computer link (63%). Patients receive their laboratory results on demand

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

European views on patients directly obtaining their laboratory test results

Watson

Siódmiak

Oosterhuis

et al. 2015

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

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“…Data security and privacy are major concerns for the use of EHR (Kharrazi et al 2012) and health apps by healthcare providers and consumers (Ford Faudree and Ford (2013), and pose a major barrier to their widespread use (Kharrazi et al 2012). If healthcare providers are unable to provide adequate safeguards to patient privacy when accessing EHR from a mobile device, the consequences can be significant.…”

Section: Security and Privacy Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…If healthcare providers are unable to provide adequate safeguards to patient privacy when accessing EHR from a mobile device, the consequences can be significant. As evidence of the security and privacy challenges, Kharrazi et al (2012) reported that a small survey found 93% of clinicians use smartphones to access EHR but only 38% follow a formal mobile privacy policy. Kharrazi et al (2012) also note that individual healthcare providers and consumers may lose their devices or may not use any security authentication to protect their data.…”

Section: Security and Privacy Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As evidence of the security and privacy challenges, Kharrazi et al (2012) reported that a small survey found 93% of clinicians use smartphones to access EHR but only 38% follow a formal mobile privacy policy. Kharrazi et al (2012) also note that individual healthcare providers and consumers may lose their devices or may not use any security authentication to protect their data. Therefore to keep data secure and private, it is the responsibility of individual health professionals and consumers to set up device and app passwords.…”

Section: Security and Privacy Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A secure mHealth environment that builds trust among consumers and healthcare service providers would need to adopt standard app development guidelines to increase security and protect consumers from any unauthorized attacks (Faudree and Ford 2013). Currently, security concerns about health apps are increasing due to the lack of standard app development guidelines (Kharrazi et al 2012). Kharrazi et al (2012) emphasise that a thorough verification process is required by the app stores that could detect unsafe programs and thereby reduce the security risks of health apps.…”

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A Review and Comparative Analysis of Security Risks and Safety Measures of Mobile Health Apps

Scott

Richards

Adhikari

2015

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In line with a patient-centred model of healthcare, Mobile Health applications (mHealth apps) provide convenient and equitable access to health and well-being resources and programs that can enable consumers to monitor their health related problems, understand specific medical conditions and attain personal fitness goals. This increase in access and control comes with an increase in risk and responsibility to identify and manage the associated risks, such as the privacy and security of consumers' personal and health information. Based on a review of the literature, this paper identifies a set of risk and safety features for evaluating mHealth apps and uses those features to conduct a comparative analysis of the 20 most popular mHealth apps. The comparative analysis reveals that current mHealth apps do pose a risk to consumers. To address the safety and privacy concerns, recommendations to consumers and app developers are offered together with consideration of mHealth app future trends.

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