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Characterizing cyber harms from digital health

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The expansion of digital health comes with benefits, but also potential harms, including those to economic, psychological and societal wellbeing. This article presents a framework to characterize cyber harms so that they can be prevented and mitigated.

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  1. Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Eric D. Perakslis

  2. Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Eric D. Perakslis

  3. Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health, Providence, RI, USA

    Megan L. Ranney

  4. School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Megan L. Ranney

  5. Digital Medicine Society, Boston, MA, USA

    Jennifer C. Goldsack

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Perakslis, E.D., Ranney, M.L. & Goldsack, J.C. Characterizing cyber harms from digital health. Nat Med 29, 528–531 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02167-6

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