Technology is constantly changing. It is essential to safeguard privacy, security and confidentiality in an ever-expanding mobile society. Select a mobile health IT application/program and submit for approval on the announcement board by June 16. Applications/Programs cannot be duplicated and are first come/first served. For your discussion post, discuss what you find in terms of privacy, security and confidentiality. Your post should be a minimum of 250 words and have all work use cited using APA format. Respond to (2) two classmates postings. Each reply must be between 100-200 words in length.
When it comes to privacy, security and confidentiality, in any of the online applications or programs may be health or IT or any other products or services, it gets the high priority in this cyber crime prone business environment. Breaches in health security data and privacy invasion is a crime in legal terms, so if precautions are not taken for avoiding it, as it may lead to numerous crime cases and unnecessary legal proceedings which no company wants. According to Whittaker, 2012, the most key informants informed that data security and data breach are the most important concerns in medical apps. According to O'Harrow, 2012, the most vulnerable industry for data breach is healthcare. The recent mobile customer devices like smartphones has emerged to be the easiest, quickest and cheaper mode of cure. Now doctors are available online and they treat patient's by seeing their reports online 24*7. With the sensor attached wearables, tracking has been easier and convenient. The app which is select is WebMD which monitors physiological, behavioral, informational and telemedicine. The private information leakage can lead to misuse of information to the third parties and phishing.
Technology is constantly changing. It is essential to safeguard privacy, security and confidentiality in an ever-expanding mobile society. Select a mobile health IT application/program and submit for...