Evidence-based guiding principles to build public trust in personal data use in health systems.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Public trust in health systems is pivotal for their effective and efficient functioning. In particular, public trust is essential for personal data use, as demonstrated in debates in many countries, for example, about whether data from COVID-19 contact tracing apps should be pooled or remain on individuals' smartphones. Low levels of public trust pose a risk not only to health system legitimacy but can also harm population health.

Methods

Synthesising our previous qualitative and theoretical research in the English National Health Service which enabled us to conceptualise the nature of public trust in health systems, we present guiding principles designed to rebuild public trust, if lost, and to maintain high levels of public trust in personal data use within the h

SUBMITTER: Gille F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature