Final report on project

The following work is a report concerning the wearable devices and how the various matters concerning their usage within a healthcare setting. This report addresses the concept of data privacy and security of critical data gathered by the wearable devices. The report discusses aspects involved in creating a secure system in a transparent manner that enhances the trust of clients. Wearable devices present conventional privacy concerns associated with adherence to principles of data collection, use limitations, security and accountability. Wearable devices present significant security risks due to the vulnerabilities established through intensified collection, processing and storing of data. With these devices, data can be transmitted to virtual users and the cloud. This data is susceptible to hacking and malware infection, or physical theft. When information is transmitted to the cloud through wearable devices, it becomes hard to secure all data.

Moreover, the report is about a project which mainly focused on data obtained through identification of the underlying issues associated with wearable devices. As received from the project, the collection of large volumes of sensitive data presents confidentiality concerns and privacy issues. Therefore, this report seeks to inform about the distinct problems of collecting, processing, use and storage of data using the wearable devices.

Apart from the security and privacy issues that are related to the use of the wearable devices the report as well sheds light on the risk factors involved in the implementation and use of the wearable devices within a health care setting. The report will as well include information obtained from the research concerning other deliverables such as the knowledge about the deliverables, their application in the medicinal diversities and various ways through which the possible risks can be managed.

Contents Abstract 2 Privacy Issue around Wearable Devices 5 Introduction Information Concerning Wearable Devices 5 The Stakeholders Used In the Data Collection 6 Deliverables 6 Information about Wearables 6 Wearables as Part of the Medicine Dynamics 7 Security Shortcomings of the Wearable Devices 8 Table1: level of security on different brand of wearable devices 8 Privacy of Critical Data 9 Resources: Materials and Costs 9 Table2: Costs Of The Project 9 Roles of the stakeholders 10 Table 3: Stakeholder Roles 10 Risk Management 10 Conclusion 11 References 13

The purpose of this report is to bring out the various matters that relate to the application of the Wearables within a healthcare organizational setting. The report is mostly based on the information obtained from different sample studies during the project research period. Some of the sample populations who were used as the populace in the project include the stakeholders, the patients, clinicians and the various health facilities. Given that the wearable devices present significant benefits related to efficiency and simplicity, security is privacy concerns eminent (Di Pietro and Mancini, 2003). In the healthcare context, consumer benefits include wellness in real time. However, privacy concerns emerge due to the sensitivity of the data collected through these devices.

Additionally based on information obtained during the project period wearable devices are prone to security breaches due to the complexity and diversity of the uses. The device in itself collects the data and transmits it to a device server or a web app through a series of layers. First, the device communicates with a server, often through wireless communication, and layer to virtual users of repository systems (Talebi, Hallam and Zanella, 2016). This path represents the possible areas through which data can be breached and used for malicious purposes. The following is a discussion of the various subjects, observations and findings of the information concerning the use of the wearable devices in a healthcare setting that was obtained in a project conducted earlier.

The project was conducted with the utilization of the information obtained from the following the primary stakeholders:

The patients- These were used as the primary stakeholders who were the key sample population of the study. The patients can engage in creating new models and reducing possible medical errors.

Clinicians- they appreciate the accessibility of wearable devices and strive to improve the healthcare practices by applying computerized data entry and electronic prescription. The use of Wearables is meant to simplify and automate their work (Roberts, 2011). On the other hand, clinicians should be concerned with the impending risks of wearable devices concerning information leak or access by the authorized persons.

Healthcare facilities- particularly long term care centers and ambulatory surgery facilities provide community and home-based care that demands improved efficiency as well as reduction of delivery of care. Creation of secure systems is central to the integrity of healthcare services.

The wearable innovation revolution is significantly more than an approach to get to your cell gadget or PC comfortable wrist or eye glasses; it can likewise be gainful with regards to the soundness of the elderly (Talebi, Hallam, and Zanella, 2016). It has been said that in many parts of the world, individuals are endeavoring to make sense of advances that can help with watch over the elderly. Wearable innovation comes in to assume a crucial part since they can help screen the patient and can likewise have alerts introduced in them that can avoid medicinal crises. In a few clinics, they have utilized a Spanish development called Nuubo, which is a vest that arrangements with observing of the patients. Like whatever another improvement in innovation many issues join it.

These gadgets have recently picked up prominence in the therapeutic services set-ups as well as in the Sports and wellness space. The wearable electrocardiograms and heart screens guarantee early finding and treatment of any coronary illness and have altered patient care and made it conceivable to screen the patient's medicinal condition from home. In the current years, individuals have turned out to be more cognizant about their well-being and prosperity which has expanded the utilization of wellness checking gadgets and thus raising the wearable gadget market. These being close to home care gadgets have a bigger market. The progression in restorative gadget innovation as well as portable correspondence, remote and data innovation has brought out inventive gadgets making the innovation famous. The expanding mindfulness and moderateness have additionally added to the blasting wearable medicinal gadget showcase.

The Global market for wearable medical gadgets is one of the quickest developing markets with around 17.7% in the vicinity of 2014 and 2019 and is evaluated to reach $8.3 billion by 2019. Wearable medicinal gadgets are non-obtrusive sensors that record vital signs, for example, pulse, beat, skin temperature and circulatory strain. The wearable restorative gadget is fragmented in light of section into symptomatic gadgets, for instance, the wearable crucial sign screens, wearable fetal screens and obstetric gadgets, helpful gadgets. For example, the wearable agony administration gadgets, insulin and glucose checking gadgets and by application Sports and wellness, remote patient detecting and home therapeutic services.

Based on the findings from the project most technology based devices have their shortcomings and therefore, wearable devices in the medical field as well have their shortcomings (Arias, and et al., 2015). The most pronounced weakness about the wearable devices within the medical sector is the issue of data security. The data security issue is influenced by such aspects such as the collection of data, processing, and the storage of the processed information. Information security is an immense obligation regarding firms which enjoy web based exchanging. There are different courses in which security can be broken, empowering programmers to get too delicate information.

All together for a programmer to get to the protected information, they should first utilize a strategy called "IP Spoofing." By IP Spoofing, the programmer sends messages to the expected Wearables. The accepting Wearables suppose it is originating from a protected source. This is on account of the programmer's Wearables has expected the IP of a put stock in PC. Utilizing IP satirizing, the programmer can access bundles intended for the other Wearables gadgets. The programmer can disturb the association between the client and, for instance, its bank, and afterwards ventures in and speaks with the bank. The bank's framework trusts it is speaking with the client, as the assaulting PC has taken the client's Wearables gadgets IP.

Customers, who are the primary group of stakeholders, need to trust the devices as efficient tools for collecting and transmitting the data as required without leakage or hacking (Arias, and et al., 2015). This project involved examination of the capability of wearable devices to protect critical data in the context of available technologies.

The research project involved the use of the following strategies to ensure that the results obtained were accurate and by the subject matter. A wireless wearable device to test the threats involved in network connections. Cloud storage service to test the capability of the Wearable device to collect and store data remotely. Lastly, a smartphone application analysis to investigate the capacity of wearable devices to display live data. Also, the following are the costs that were used in the study.

Stakeholder Roles

The risk management considerations that are put in place about the project include cost risk, schedule risks and performance risks.

Cost risks- given that there was an escalation with the increase in the expenses of operation due to the poor estimates during the examination of the project. This cost risk was to ensure that the cost risk factor was minimized to ensure that the project was successful.

Schedule risk- the risk management factor was also put in place to ensure that the project took the intended period (Roberts, 2011). That is not to extend or be completed within a shorter period than the intentional one. Timely completion of the project is usually necessary to make sure that the every subject is done to its perfection.

Performance risk- in most projects there are chances that the intended objectives may not be achieved. Therefore, it is relevant that the researcher ensures that the operations conducted are within the guidelines and by the outlined goals and the objectives of the project (Roberts, 2011). Performance risk implies that the project may fail to deliver the needed results that will suppress the outcomes relative to the project requirements.

From the above risk analysis, it is true that the study concerning the wearable device usage within a medical setting may involve escalated costs of operations, untimely completion of the study and performance risk whereby the stakeholders involved in this study may fail to contribute significantly to the expectations of the research. Given that the deferral cases were some of the risks concerning the study, then a delay in kicking off the study would affect the study through delayed completion of the project.

In summary, the above is a report concerning the wearable devices and their application in the medical fields. The wearable devices are internet based devices that can be used in diversified fields which include applications in the medical fields to monitor the operations of the patients’ body systems. Due to the increased use of the wearable devices, the case of a security breach is as well increasing with the same rate. The danger of personal data invasion rests with the risks of impersonation, data modification and lack of confidentiality. As such, this project sought to identify the underlying privacy issues and concerns associated with wearable devices. As mentioned earlier, the collection of large volumes of sensitive data presents confidentiality concerns and privacy issues. Therefore, despite the application of the wearable devices becoming common amongst the various medical institutions, the private lives of the usage of these Wearables is as well being challenged following the reduced confidentiality in their application, data collection, processing and storage.

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Talebi, N., Hallam, C. and Zanella, G. (2016). The new wave of privacy concerns in the wearable devices era. 2016 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET).