MOPS - A feasibility study for working with GPS and sensor data in a medical context

Abstract

New kinds of data collection like GPS-tracking, wearable sensors and mobile apps impose both technical and privacy challanges for medical research. In the MOPS study (Machbarkeitsstudie für Ortsbezogene Parameter und Sensordaten – feasibility study for geocoded parameters and sensor data) we provided 10 participants with a newly developed app and sensors for various physical and environmental parameters. We want to explore the feasibility of the recently established Medical Research Platform (MRP) of the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig and similar platforms for this kind of data collection and processing. After briefly describing the Medical Research Platform we report on the technical set-up of the MOPS project in this setting and first practical experiences.