A review of the security and privacy of mHealth apps: how to evaluate and what is design guidance?
A review of the security and privacy of mHealth apps: how to evaluate and what is design guidance?

The effect the COVID-19 outbreak is currently having on the digital health sector is unprecedented. Still, it is accelerating the trends that were in place before: health apps were already becoming a part of everyday life as accessible resources for personal health. Yet, to maximise the positive impact of these trends, it is crucial to ensure the privacy and security of users’ data that has been the subject of concern and controversy. In this post, I talk about our recent work that consolidated recent research on the topic to support the design and evaluation of mHealth applications.

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Swedish national patient portal “JOURNALEN”
Swedish national patient portal “JOURNALEN”

Swedish national PAEHR system called Journalen is a service that provides patients with access to their health records, reflecting the legal right to read their health records on paper. However, the transition and progression from paper medical records to digital format was quite controversial and resulted in a number of papers on a different aspect related to it.

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Academic life and beyond during COVID-19
Academic life and beyond during COVID-19

Today is my 17th day in self-isolation. The number of cases in Ireland is increasing every day, like in most of the countries, and the official response is also similar to the rest of the EU. I am trying to follow the guidelines as best as I can, which for me means almost no human contact the whole quarantine time. This post is about my experience that I would like to document and share, as it's tough for me and I am learning how to deal with the situation. Because of these advantages and not having a background in physiology or working from home, I hesitated with this blog post, as it felt not worthy of sharing - there are so many great posts written already and mine will not add much to the “body of knowledge”.

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PhDone!
PhDone!

Almost 3,5 years of research work, 5 countries where it was conducted, 230 pages of the doctoral dissertation, 40 mins of defence presentation, many sleepless nights but also gratitude that is impossible to quantify to everyone who supported me along the way and participated in my studies! In this post I briefly (less than 230 pages) discuss what I have been working on, how was this unique experience for me, and what I have learned and obtained during those years. Of course, there is also a “future work” section.

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Touchscreen design guidelines to support users with ageing-related ability declines
Touchscreen design guidelines to support users with ageing-related ability declines

During the first year of my Ph.D., I have focused on the accessibility design of touchscreen applications. This interest was motivated by the fact that the older population is increasing globally and older adults are interested in using technology. My grandma (on the photo) is a beautiful example of that. In response to these changes, there is a growing body of literature on how to make touchscreen devices and applications more accessible to them. In our systematic literature review, we look into the last decade of research-based design guidance, analyze it, extract individual guidelines, and categorize them based on two taxonomies: capability model and touchscreen design categories.

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