Privacy and Security in Mobile Health Technologies: Challenges and Concerns

Abstract

The high proliferation of mobile health technologies in contemporary society presents the opportunity for health professionals to collect information within the real world through mobile phones. The purpose of this research has been to establish the mobile health security and privacy issues and concerns and consequently recommend how all the security and privacy matters can adequately be addressed. This study employs a qualitative study design in which qualitative information we collected from the existing relevant secondary sources. The evidence from the findings shows that the evolution of mobile health has improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare industry but has equally created a sort of security and privacy concerns among the users. The study recommends that the current requirement for the mobile health system is to have some adequately defined architecture standards to guarantee both the security and privacy of the patients.