Patient privacy continues to remain a top priority and focus of concern regarding medical mobile applications. As the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), other government agencies and a medical app store drafted guidelines pertaining to aspects of eHealth applications, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) has provided its own input regarding how to best protect data collection and has also released best practices for app developers.
Overview of Best Practices
The FPF stresses that developers should embed privacy
measures throughout the development lifecycle. The guidelines also stress the
importance of using clear and simple language to ensure all users understand
how data is collected and shared. Along with that, the FPF discusses the
importance of securing data and having someone accountable for ensuring privacy
measures are followed.
Concluding Thoughts
As mentioned before, guidelines will help developers streamline the development lifecycle and provide consumers with information on how to best protect their information. The challenge comes in when integrating all the feedback gathered from all sources to ensure all parties get what they need from regulatory measures - no developer wants to prolong an already long lifecycle for medical applications.
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