Data Security and Privacy in Apps for Dementia: An Analysis of Existing Privacy Policies

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 873-877

  Rosenfeld, Lisa ^a,c,d   Torous, John ^b   Vahia, Ipsit V ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

app; data; dementia; policy; privacy; security; tablet; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COURT; DEMENTIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAWYER; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MOBILE APPLICATION; PRIVACY; TRUST; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMPUTER SECURITY; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PRIVACY;

EID: 85020939516     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2017.04.009     Document Type: Article

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