Security and privacy issues related to the use of mobile health apps

Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Adhikari, Rajindra ^a   Richards, Deborah ^a   Scott, Karen ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apps; Mhealth; Privacy; Security

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DATA PRIVACY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS; DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITIES; MHEALTH; MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATION; PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATIONS; SECURITY; SECURITY AND PRIVACY ISSUES; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84934305192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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