A user-driven consent platform for health data sharing in digital health applications
Wearable and health app data hold significant potential for healthcare and research, yet fragmented consent mechanisms create challenges for ethical, transparent, and user-controlled data sharing. We describe a centralised consent management system with a structured approach to standardising health data sharing, ensuring regulatory compliance and improving user autonomy. We describe implementation requirements of the system, emphasising regulatory alignment, involvement of app developers, user empowerment, and governance by neutral public bodies.
Authors
- Toralf Kirsten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7117-4268)
- Anne Lauber-Rönsberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1340-4330)
- Cindy Welzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-1975)
- Ralf Riedel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6888-7208)
- Stephen Gilbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-1689)
- Stefanie Brückner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8393-6879)
- Abhijeet Deshmukh
- Akrem Dridi
- Sven Hetmank
Institutions
- Dresden International University (DE)
- Fresenius (Germany) (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Digital Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-02147-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- European Commission
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme