Albrecht Urs-Vito, von Jan Ute, Jungnickel Tobias, Pramann Oliver
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013;192:1154.
The market for medical apps is rapidly expanding - both for professional use as well as for patient centered apps. There are numerous medical apps, but relevant information about their limitations and dangers is rarely available. In an exemplary evaluation of n=8 medical apps, deficits regarding data integrity, one half had security and privacy issues. Since standard users usually have neither the equipment, know-how nor time for such analyses before entrusting them with their data, ideally, manufacturers should provide information regarding the functionality and limits of their products. Mandatory information should cover data management, data protection and privacy issues. To increase transparency, a standardized reporting tool in the form of an app synopsis could be helpful for providing the necessary information.
医疗应用市场正在迅速扩张——无论是专业用途的应用还是以患者为中心的应用。医疗应用数不胜数，但关于其局限性和风险的相关信息却鲜有可得。在一项对8款医疗应用的典型评估中，数据完整性存在缺陷，其中一半存在安全和隐私问题。由于普通用户在将数据托付给这些应用之前，通常既没有设备、专业知识，也没有时间进行此类分析，因此理想情况下，制造商应提供有关其产品功能和局限性的信息。强制性信息应涵盖数据管理、数据保护和隐私问题。为提高透明度，以应用摘要形式呈现的标准化报告工具可能有助于提供必要信息。
