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Jusob FR, George C, Mapp G. A new privacy framework for the management of chronic diseases via mHealth in a post-Covid-19 world. Z Gesundh Wiss. 2021;1-11doi: 10.1007/s10389-021-01608-9.
Jusob, F. R., George, C., & Mapp, G. (2021). A new privacy framework for the management of chronic diseases via mHealth in a post-Covid-19 world. Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01608-9
Jusob, Farad Rafique, et al. "A new privacy framework for the management of chronic diseases via mHealth in a post-Covid-19 world." Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health vol. (2021): 1-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01608-9
Jusob FR, George C, Mapp G. A new privacy framework for the management of chronic diseases via mHealth in a post-Covid-19 world. Z Gesundh Wiss. 2021 Jun 18;1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10389-021-01608-9. Epub 2021 Jun 18. PMID: 34178579; PMCID: PMC8213038.
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Z Gesundh Wiss. 2021 Jun 18;1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10389-021-01608-9. Epub 2021 Jun 18.

A new privacy framework for the management of chronic diseases via mHealth in a post-Covid-19 world.

Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health

Farad Rafique Jusob, Carlisle George, Glenford Mapp

Affiliations

  1. School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK.

PMID: 34178579 PMCID: PMC8213038 DOI: 10.1007/s10389-021-01608-9

Abstract

AIM: New challenges are being faced by global healthcare systems such as an increase in the elderly population, budget cuts as well as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As pressures mount on healthcare systems to provide treatment to patients, mHealth is seen as one of the possible solutions to addressing these challenges. Given the sensitivity of health data, the rapid development of the mHealth sector raises privacy concerns. The aims of this research were to investigate privacy threats/concerns in the context of mHealth and the management of chronic diseases and to propose a novel privacy framework to address these concerns.

SUBJECT AND METHOD: The study adopted a modified version of the engineering design process. After defining the problem, information was gathered through literature reviews, and analyses of existing regulatory (privacy) frameworks and past research on privacy threats/concerns. Requirements for a new framework were then specified leading to its development and comparison with existing frameworks.

RESULTS: A novel future-proof privacy framework was developed and illustrated. Using existing regulatory frameworks for privacy and privacy threats/concerns from research studies, privacy principles and their resulting requirements were identified. Furthermore, mechanisms and associated technologies needed to implement the privacy principles/requirements into a functional prototype were also identified. A comparison of the proposed framework with existing frameworks, showed that it addressed privacy threats/concerns in a more comprehensive manner.

CONCLUSION: This research makes a valuable contribution to protecting privacy in mHealth. The novel framework developed is an improvement on existing frameworks. It is also future-proof since its foundations are built on regulatory frameworks and privacy threats/concerns existing at the time of its deployment/revision.

© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021.

Keywords: Chronic diseases; Framework; Privacy; Self-management; mHealth

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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