Security and privacy issues for mobile health

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Editor(s)

Adibi, S.

School

School of Computer and Security Science / eHealth Research Group

RAS ID

20890

Comments

Williams, P.A.H., & Maeder, A.J. (2015). Security and privacy issues for mobile health. In Adibi, S. (Ed.) Mobile health: A technology road map, Volume 5 (pp. 1067-1088). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

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Abstract

Security and privacy have been well established as major considerations in health informatics generally (Rindfleisch 1997). A challenge for healthcare innovation is to embrace the potential of mobile health creatively within the healthcare system and not to merely replicate current technologies into a parallel wireless environment. In addressing this challenge, the complexities of securing health information along a composite clinical information pathway and in each situation of use must be defined.

DOI

10.1007/978-3-319-12817-7_44

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