mHealth Use in Healthcare Facilities: Raising Awareness in Data Protection, Privacy and Safety

Lilian G. Motti Ader, Lilian G. Motti Ader, Bróna MacEntee, Kristina Rutkauskaite, Nutsa Chichilidze, Dylan Kearney, Sean A. Lynch, Katie Crowley, Katie Crowley, Ita Richardson, Ita Richardson

2022

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients and healthcare professionals embraced the possibility of using available mobile devices and applications, exploring the opportunities to reduce the burden on strained services. However, despite strict surveillance under the European GDPR or Medical Device (MD) regulations, users are considered to be primarily responsible for verifying that their application of choice is approved and certified. We searched academic and grey literature and discuss some of the challenges related to the use of personal devices and mobile applications for health and medical purposes. Our position is that policies and technologies should be more considerate of users’ behaviour, which includes use of non-medical software for medical purposes, and situations where users seem to choose usability over safety.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ader L., MacEntee B., Rutkauskaite K., Chichilidze N., Kearney D., Lynch S., Crowley K. and Richardson I. (2022). mHealth Use in Healthcare Facilities: Raising Awareness in Data Protection, Privacy and Safety. In Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-552-4, SciTePress, pages 565-572. DOI: 10.5220/0010854100003123

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf22,
author={Lilian G. Motti Ader and Bróna MacEntee and Kristina Rutkauskaite and Nutsa Chichilidze and Dylan Kearney and Sean A. Lynch and Katie Crowley and Ita Richardson},
title={mHealth Use in Healthcare Facilities: Raising Awareness in Data Protection, Privacy and Safety},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2022},
pages={565-572},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010854100003123},
isbn={978-989-758-552-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - mHealth Use in Healthcare Facilities: Raising Awareness in Data Protection, Privacy and Safety
SN - 978-989-758-552-4
AU - Ader L.
AU - MacEntee B.
AU - Rutkauskaite K.
AU - Chichilidze N.
AU - Kearney D.
AU - Lynch S.
AU - Crowley K.
AU - Richardson I.
PY - 2022
SP - 565
EP - 572
DO - 10.5220/0010854100003123
PB - SciTePress