Data Protection

The Coronavirus pandemic threatens to overwhelm health services. Tacking it requires extreme measures to prevent infection. In this blog, we explore how the pandemic is impacting healthcare, and how digital health has the potential to save the day.

The cybersecurity threat is hardly new. But the growth of digitisation in key areas of our lives, such as healthcare, makes it ever-more significant. Recently, our CEO, Jovan Stevovic, discussed this topic in a panel at LSX World Congress in London.

As many of you know, we just released a new guide. This gives an overview of the regulations and standards you need to know if you are developing digital health applications. Following feedback from eagle-eyed readers, we have made a couple of changes and clarifications.

Digital therapeutics is the next big thing in digital health. Governments globally are legislating to give access to digital health apps for treatment. As a developer, this offers new ways to monetise your application. But it brings strict requirements for quality, data protection and data security.

After every major data breach, people wonder how secure their personal data is. They briefly panic about it, but within days they have forgotten. For companies, the story is similar. All too often, they are lulled into a false sense of security about their own data security policies.

Accountability is a central principle of GDPR. However, it is often poorly understood. So, what does it really mean for you and why does it matter?

GDPR has focussed everyone’s attention on data protection. But often, people get confused between data security and data protection. Read on to learn the difference.

The eHealth market is one of the fastest growing in the world. Users want to access the benefits of personalised healthcare, but in doing so, they are entrusting you with their most valuable and personal data. Mess up and you risk losing that trust and killing your market.

Backend as a Service is a relatively new approach to app design. It places the emphasis on designing your API first, forcing you to consider what you really need to implement. For eHealth apps, it allows you to quickly and easily ensure compliance with GDPR and HIPAA.