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Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices

Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices

Guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication: 1800-1

30 July 2018
Using mobile devices to store, process, and transmit patient information has become increasingly popular amongst healthcare providers. When health information is compromised, organizations can face penalties and lose...
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The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

Assembly Bill No. 375

29 July 2018
Summary from Adam Greene of MobileHealthNews: California passed the most comprehensive privacy law in the U.S. on June 28, 2018, with a compliance date of January 1, 2020. For mobile health app developers, that...
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HL7 CMHAFF STU

HL7 CMHAFF STU

Ballot Approved May 2018

26 June 2018
The primary goals of cMHAFF are to provide a standard against which a mobile app’s foundational characteristics -- including but not limited to security, privacy, data access, data export, and...
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How to Navigate Health App Permissions

How to Navigate Health App Permissions

An assessment of the article from Wired magazine

9 June 2018
SUBJECTIVE: This article published in Wired magazine discusses the long tail of privacy considerations that we need to think through when installing and giving permissions to apps on our smartphones,...
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How do you control where your DNA data resides and how...

How do you control where your DNA data resides and how...

An assessment of the article from Bloomberg

1 June 2018
Abstract from the Bllomberg article: "Your genetic code includes details about not only your own health and family, but also similarly intimate information about your relatives. When police recently used a...
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