Background Ethics review is the process of assessing the ethics of research involving
humans. The Ethics Review Committee (ERC) is the key oversight mechanism designated to …

Background Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents, and
develo** effective methods to improve short-term prediction of suicidal thoughts and …

As the popularity and diversity of social media platforms increases so does their utility for
health research. Using social media for recruitment into clinical studies and/or delivering …

Abstract Background In 2015, Collins and Varmus articulated a vision for precision medicine
emphasizing molecular characterization of illness to identify actionable biomarkers to …

Healthcare transformation is the product of a shared vision between a broad range of
stakeholders to establish the future of care delivery and to develop new patient-centered …

This paper focuses on the ethical challenges presented by direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital
psychotherapy services that do not involve oversight by a professional mental health …

As location‐enabled technologies are becoming ubiquitous, our location is being shared
with an ever‐growing number of external services. Issues revolving around location privacy …

Mobile sensing refers to the collection of methods by which researchers derive measures of
human behaviours and contexts from the onboard sensors and logs found in smartphones …

Recent advances in large-scale data storage and processing offer unprecedented
opportunities for behavioral scientists to collect and analyze naturalistic data, including from …

Background The increasing integration of digital health tools into care may result in a greater
flow of personal health information (PHI) between patients and providers. Although privacy …