A Legal Framework to Support Development and Assessment of Digital Health Services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health services empower people to track, manage, and improve their own health and quality of life while delivering a more personalized and precise health care, at a lower cost and with higher efficiency and availability. Essential for the use of digital health services is that the treatment of any personal data is compatible with the Patient Data Act, Personal Data Act, and other applicable privacy laws.

Objective

The aim of this study was to develop a framework for legal challenges to support designers in development and assessment of digital health services.

Methods

A purposive sampling, together with snowball recruitment, was used to identify stakeholders and information sources for organizing, extending, and prioritizing the different concepts,

SUBMITTER: Garell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4909384 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature