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mHealth and telemedicine apps: in search of a common regulation

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Crico, Chiara, Renzi, Chiara, Graf, Norbert, Buyx, Alena, Kondylakis, Haridimos, Koumakis, Lefteris, Pravettoni, Gabriella·2018·ecancermedicalscience

Abstract

Developments in information and communication technology have changed the way healthcare processes are experienced by both patients and healthcare professionals: more and more services are now available through computers and mobile devices. Smartphones are becoming useful tools for managing one's health, and today, there are many available apps meant to increase self-management, empowerment and quality of life. However, there are concerns about the implications of using mHealth and apps: data protection issues, concerns about sharing information online, and the patients' capacity for discerning effective and valid apps from useless ones. The new General Data Protection Regulation has been introduced in order to give uniformity to data protection regulations among European countries but shared guidelines for mHealth are yet to develop. A unified perspective across Europe would increase the control over mHealth exploitation, making it possible to think of mHealth as effective and standard tools for future medical practice.

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Authors
Crico, C., Renzi, C., Graf, N., Buyx, A., Kondylakis, H., Koumakis, L., & Pravettoni, G.
Affiliations
  • University of Milan (IT)
  • European Institute of Oncology (IT)
  • Saarland University (DE)
  • Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
  • FORTH Institute of Computer Science (GR)
Corresponding author
Crico, Chiara
Venue
ecancermedicalscience
Published
2018-07-11
Volume
12
Pages
853-853
ISSN
1754-6605 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2824203831
Cited by
83
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 5
FWCI
11.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • ecancermedicalscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
European Commission (HORIZON2020, 643529)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Health, Technology, Consumer Behavior
Keywords
mobile health, mobile health apps, health data protection, General Data Protection Regulation, data protection regulation, online information sharing, self-management

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