Authors:
Christoph Stach
;
Frank Steimle
and
Bernhard Mitschang
Affiliation:
University of Stuttgart, Germany
Keyword(s):
mHealth, Device Interoperability, Information Security, COPD, Privacy Management Platform.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Cloud Computing
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
Confidentiality and Data Security
;
Data Engineering
;
e-Business
;
e-Health
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Integration/Interoperability
;
Interoperability
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Platforms and Applications
;
Sensor Networks
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Telemedicine
Abstract:
Chronic diseases are on the rise. Afflicted patients require persistent therapy and periodic screenings. This causes high treatment costs and overburdened physicians. Innovative approaches that enable patients to perform treatment methods on their own are badly needed. Telemedical approaches with the aid of modern Smartphones connected to medical devices (the so-called mHealth) can be the answer. However, mHealth apps face two key challenges, namely device interoperability and information security. In this paper, we describe how the Privacy Management Platform (PMP) and its extendable Resources can contribute to these challenges. Therefore, we analyze a real-world mHealth app and derive generic functional units, each realizing a certain task recurring frequently within mHealth apps, e.g., metering, data storage, or data transmission. For each functional unit we provide a PMP Resource, enabling both, device interoperability and information security. Finally, we revise the analyzed mHe
alth app using the Resources in order to evaluate our approach.
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