Security Issues in Mobile Healthcare Applications

Abstract

Mobile healthcare applications, in short mHealth apps, are an efficient and more affordable way for patients to communicate with medical doctors and receive treatment using their mobile devices. However, the security of mHealth apps has become obstacle because many of mHealth apps deal with sensitive personal information including health-related data. To promote the developments of secure and trustworthy mHealth apps, in this paper, we survey mHealth-related security issues, not only general security issues but also mHealth-specific issues, and explore potential solutions to each issue.