mhealth security Archives

Mhealth is being held back by data breach risks

03/17/201403/16/2014 Jesse Collins

A recent survey has shown that this lack of confidence could be problematic for the mobile health category. A small survey that was conducted at the HIMSS14 conference in February 2014 has revealed that when it comes to the adoption of mhealth, the attendees had a serious concern regarding the risk of patient data breaches. This survey was admittedly conducted on a limited sample, but it does provide some valuable insight. It was conducted by Axway, a data management vendor based in Phoenix, Arizona. What it showed was that mhealth…

Mhealth is being held back in countries with outdated privacy laws

08/23/201308/20/2013 Jennifer Goula

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This struggle with national regulations regarding the security of private data – or lack thereof – is becoming a barrier. Although mhealth apps and devices are proving to have a great deal of potential, particularly in countries around the world with a significant rural population and without a large medical services and care system, as is the case in many African nations. The lack of regulations for the governance of patient data privacy, however, is proving troublesome. According to a recent report created by TrustLaw Connect, some patients may begin…