01430nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001100001700042245010400059856008400163300000700247490000700254520102100261022001401282       2018                            d1 aPerakslis ED00aUsing digital health to enable ethical health research in conflict and other humanitarian settings.  uhttps://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13031-018-0163-z  a230 v123 a<p>Conducting research in a humanitarian setting requires quantifiable quality measures to ensure ethical study conduct. Digital health technologies are proven to improve research study quality and efficacy via automated data collection, improvement of data reliability, fidelity and resilience and by improved data provenance and traceability. Additionally, digital health methodologies can improve patient identity, patient privacy, study transparency, data sharing, competent informed consent, and the confidentiality and security of humanitarian operations. It can seem counterintuitive to press forward aggressively with digital technologies at a time of heightened population vulnerability and cyber security concerns, but new approaches are essential to meet the rapidly increasing demands of humanitarian research. In this paper we present the case for the digital modernization of humanitarian research in conflict and other humanitarian settings as a vehicle for improved research quality and ethics.</p>
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