What technical challenges are you facing in your mHealth studies? - Technical Challenges https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/ mHealthHub Discussion Board en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:57:17 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: What technical challenges are you facing in your mHealth studies? Please provide a brief summary of the problem or comment on the 5 common challenges below. https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/paged/2/#post-12 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:34:51 +0000 Privacy and security issues

  • Owner-ship of user data. Users of consumer wearable devices today often do not own their data. Instead, the manufacturer handles data collection and storage, while the end users (including g implementers) are only provided with a summary of results based on the collected data.
  • Liability from user generated data (like location based on Global Positioning System, email, age, sex etc.) being shared/sold to third-parties.
  • Growing risks from sensor data due to rapid advances in AI for wearables
]]> Technical Challenges Lyndsey Tran https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/paged/2/#post-12 RE: What technical challenges are you facing in your mHealth studies? Please provide a brief summary of the problem or comment on the 5 common challenges below. https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-11 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:28:37 +0000 Restrictive OS-level APIs and Play Store policies that make it hard to collect GPS type of data. Require the development of in-house apps.

]]> Technical Challenges Lyndsey Tran https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-11 RE: What technical challenges are you facing in your mHealth studies? Please provide a brief summary of the problem or comment on the 5 common challenges below. https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-10 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:28:21 +0000 Wearables with GPS - although they allow the user to look at GPS information live, there is usually not a way to download a log of all GPS movements. ]]> Technical Challenges Lyndsey Tran https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-10 RE: What technical challenges are you facing in your mHealth studies? Please provide a brief summary of the problem or comment on the 5 common challenges below. https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-9 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:28:09 +0000 IMUs for actigraphy
  • Compensation of noise sources due to quantization or arising from improper on-body unstable placement or misplacement and misalignment of sensors.
  • Characterize missing data, create thresholds for inclusion, and define approaches for handling missing data.
  • Battery Life: Another technical challenge encountered when using commercial devices for research studies is battery life. Many of these devices require frequent charging, and as such, may limit the amount of data that can be collected over a certain period of time.
]]> Technical Challenges Lyndsey Tran https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-9 RE: What technical challenges are you facing in your mHealth studies? Please provide a brief summary of the problem or comment on the 5 common challenges below. https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-8 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:19:02 +0000 Validity and reliability of the measuring devices under free-living conditions
  • Various wearable devices show large variations in accuracy between different devices, with error margins of up to 25%
  •  Commercial devices such as FitBit often rely on sensors and algorithms to measure physiological signals and activity levels, which can lead to inaccuracies in the data collected.
]]> Technical Challenges Lyndsey Tran https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-8 What technical challenges are you facing in your mHealth studies? https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-6 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:59:13 +0000 Technical Challenges Lyndsey Tran https://mhealthhub.org/community/techincal-challenges/5-common-technical-challenges-faced-by-clinical-implementers-what-are-some-challenges-you-have-faced-in-your-own-studies/#post-6