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标题：Medical Apps and the Gray Zone in the COVID-19 Era: Between Evidence and New Needs for Cybersecurity Expansion
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作者：Giovanni Maccioni ; Daniele Giansanti
期刊名称：Healthcare
电子版ISSN：2227-9032
出版年度：2021
卷号：9
期号：4
页码：430
DOI：10.3390/healthcare9040430
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：The study focuses on emerging problems caused by the spread of medical apps. Firstly, it reviews the current role of cybersecurity and identifies the potential need to widen the boundaries of cybersecurity in relation to these apps. Secondly, it focuses on the pivotal device behind the development of mHealth: the smartphone, and highlights its role and current potential for hosting wearable medical technology. Thirdly, it addresses emerging issues regarding these apps, which are in a gray zone. This is done through an analysis of the important positions of scholars, and by means of a survey report on the increased use of various categories of apps during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting an accentuation of the problem. The study ends by explaining the reflections and proposals that emerged after performing the analysis.
关键词：eHealth; medical devices; digital health; mHealth; cyber-risk; pacemaker; artificial pancreas; app; regulation; wearable device eHealth ; medical devices ; digital health ; mHealth ; cyber-risk ; pacemaker ; artificial pancreas ; app ; regulation ; wearable device