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Germany introduces Digital Supply Act to digitalise healthcare

16 Nov 2019Massimo MangiaLeave a comment

The law promotes telemedicine and foresees the reimbursement of medical apps.
On 8 November, the German Bundestag passed the Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz (DVG), a law for greater digitisation of the health system. Continue reading →

No categoryapp, digital therapeutics, Digital transformation, GDPR, Telemedicine

Can the development of AI in medicine be reconciled with privacy?

13 Nov 201913 Nov 2019Massimo Mangia1 Comment

The question is asked whenever the unauthorised use of patient health data is discovered. Considering the great potential that artificial intelligence (AI) has for medicine, it is necessary to address the issue in a systematic and transparent way. Continue reading →

No categoryAI, GDPR, Google, HIPAA, privacy

App and privacy: how to turn your menstrual cycle into money (for others)

13 Sep 201912 Sep 2019Massimo MangiaLeave a comment

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Privacy International, an English charity, has reviewed the most popular menstrual control apps and found that some of them share data with Facebook. Continue reading →

No categoryapp, Facebook, GDPR, privacy

In UK Healthcare is the sector most affected by personal data breaches

4 Sep 20193 Sep 2019Massimo MangiaLeave a comment

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Figures obtained by data security solutions firm Egress, a data security solutions company, via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reveal that 4,856 breaches were reported to the ICO (the Information Commissioner’s Office) between 1st January and 20th June 2019. Continue reading →

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Privacy By Design: theory or methodology?

19 Jul 201919 Jul 2019Massimo MangiaLeave a comment

Privacy by Default and Privacy by Design are two principles that GDPR calls to mind and that data controllers must follow when applying in practice the protection of personal and sensitive data. More than a year after the GDPR came into force, what has actually changed in the way healthcare software is designed and implemented? Continue reading →

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Doctor-patient communication must go through the EMR

27 May 2019Massimo MangiaLeave a comment

Doctors use email, WhatsApp, SMS to communicate with their patients. With serious security and privacy risks, dispersing these messages outside of the EMR. Continue reading →

No categoryapp, EMR, GDPR

Health apps and privacy: that’s where our data ends up!

26 Mar 201925 Mar 2019Massimo MangiaLeave a comment

A study appeared last Wednesday in BMJ describes a disturbing scenario regarding health apps and their data management. Users’ privacy is at risk! Continue reading →

No categoryapp, GDPR, privacy

Why privacy-by-design in healthcare is a utopia

29 Oct 20187 Feb 2019Massimo MangiaLeave a comment

GDPR introduces the principles of “privacy by default” and privacy by design”, on the base of which all company processes have to be re-designed; a change that deeply impact the healthcare information systems. Easy to say but very hard to realise. Continue reading →

No categoryEU, GDPR, privacy

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