Should We Better Stick to Pen and Paper? An Empirical Investigation on Functionality, Privacy and Data-Security of Physiotherapy Telehealth Applications.

Autor: Maul L; University of Applied Science Campus Vienna, Competence Center Digital Health and Care, Vienna, Austria., Kramer I; University of Applied Science Campus Vienna, Competence Center for IT Security, Vienna, Austria., Rettinger L; University of Applied Science Campus Vienna, Competence Center Digital Health and Care, Vienna, Austria., Werner F; University of Applied Science Campus Vienna, Competence Center Digital Health and Care, Vienna, Austria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Studies in health technology and informatics [Stud Health Technol Inform] 2024 Apr 26; Vol. 313, pp. 93-100.
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI240018
Abstrakt: Background: Telehealth and mHealth apps become increasingly popular in health professions such as physiotherapy calling for increased awareness on functionality, privacy, and data security.
Objectives: This work presents a functionality, privacy, and data-security evaluation of four telehealth services commonly used in physiotherapy.
Methods: We examined functionality and features, data protection, privacy implementations and data-security with a questionnaire and performed an in-depth investigation of the services.
Results: Privacy and security relevant findings such as use of outdated webservers, problems with certificate renewal as well as questionable GDPR compliance were reported.
Conclusion: Due to the privacy and security relevant findings in this analysis it can be concluded that there is a need for improvement in design, development, operation as well as regulation of telehealth apps and services.
Databáze: MEDLINE