Confidentiality and Privacy for Smartphone Applications in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Unmet Needs and Practical Solutions

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 117-124

  Wu, Emily ^a   Torous, John ^a   Hardaway, Rashad ^b   Gutheil, Thomas ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidently; Privacy; Security; Smartphones; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMED DECISION MAKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMARTPHONE; STANDARDIZATION; TRUST; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PRIVACY;

EID: 85006345787     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: 15580490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2016.07.006     Document Type: Review

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