Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues

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Governing Patient-Facing AI-Generated Video in Digital Health: A Risk-and-Ethics Matrix for Deployment, Monitoring, and Change Control

Yongzheng Hu, Wei Jiang

J Med Internet Res 2026 (May 08); 28:e91940

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Fully Anonymized Digital Health Data Acquisition in a Research Partnership Using a Blinded Deidentification Proxy in the HerzFit App: Implementation Study

Lara Marie Reimer, Leon Nissen, Fabian Starnecker, Olga Stepanova, Florent Dufour, Ruth Ney, Sinann Al Najem, Heribert Schunkert, Stephan M Jonas

JMIR Form Res 2026 (May 07); 10:e77983

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Assessing Caregiver Comfort With Linking the Health Care System and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

K Alexander Soltany, Kristina H Lewis, Beatriz Ospino-Sanchez, Angelina Pack, Kimberly Montez

JMIR Pediatr Parent 2026 (May 06); 9:e89731

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The Ethics of AI Scribes as Epistemic Agents

Frank Ursin, Sabine Salloch

JMIR Med Inform 2026 (Apr 30); 14:e88235

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Clinical AI is Not (Yet) Trustworthy-But It Could Be

Ali Saad, Sofia B Dias, Ghada Alhussein, David Lyreskog, Ioannis Gerasimou, Beatriz Alves, Μaarten de Vos, Ioannis Drivas, John Zaras, Andreas Stergioulas, Iskanter Bensenousi, Leontios Hadjileontiadis, Christos Chatzichristos, Stelios Hadjidimitriou

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Apr 29); 28:e85433

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Rethinking Trust in Synthetic Health Data: Lessons From 7 European Research Initiatives

Jens Declerck, Dipak Kalra, Antti Airola, Ahmed Youssef Ali Amer, Christos Chatzichristos, Maria del Mar Mañu Pereira, Bruno M. de Brito Robalo, Francesco Ghini, Alberto Gutierrez-Torre, Sem Hoogteijling, Susanne Hultsch, Jan Ramon, Sara Reidel, Francesco Regazzoni, Luís Silva, Inês Silveira, Tsekeridou Sofia, Christophe Maes

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Apr 29); 28:e83369

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Patient Concerns Regarding Artificial Intelligence Applications in Health Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis Based on Social Ecological Theory

Jiayu Hou, Zhiqiao Zhang, Xuan Cheng, Weihong Wang

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Apr 28); 28:e85663

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A Qualitative Exploration of Ethical Aspects of Using AI in Parkinson Disease: Patient Panel Study

Jamie Linnea Luckhaus, Therese Scott Duncan, Anna Kharko, Anna Clareborn, Maria Hägglund, Charlotte Blease, Sara Riggare

JMIR AI 2026 (Apr 28); 5:e74144

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Comparing Perceptions of ChatGPT Use in Health Attitude Contexts Among Users and Nonusers: Cross-Sectional Study

Hessah Al Suwaidan, Arwa Althumairi, Saja A Al-Rayes, Khalid Alkhurayji

JMIR Form Res 2026 (Apr 27); 10:e79276

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Integrating AI Into Governmental Public Health Decision Making: Challenges, Considerations, and a Path Forward

Elizabeth Campbell, Oluremilekun Oyefolu, Sarah Gillani, Hannah Goodtree, Alison Kelly, Caitlin Rivers, Crystal Watson

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026 (Apr 27); 12:e88470

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Enhancing Understanding and Acceptance of Equipment Localization: Mixed Methods Study With Clinic Staff and Potential Patients

Angela Fiedler, Sabine Patzl, Melissa Schütz, Astrid Schütz

JMIR Hum Factors 2026 (Apr 27); 13:e79583

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AI Applications Integrating Legal and Regulatory Perspectives in Mental Health: Systematic Review

Moustafa Elmetwaly Kandeel, Eid G Abo Hamza, Alaa Abouahmed, Gehad Mohamed AbdelAziz, Adham Hashish, Tarek Abo El Wafa, Ahmed Khalil, Ahmed Eldakak

JMIR AI 2026 (Apr 27); 5:e84305

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Exploring Attitudes Toward AI-Based Contactless Sensors in Health Among Five Stakeholder Groups: Qualitative Study

Eva Maria Hille, Hannah Bleher, Birte Coppers, Sophie Engelhardt, Bjoern Eskofier, Lorenz Garbe, Maria Heckel, Anna-Maria Liphardt, Alina Manlig, Nicolas Rohleder, David Samhammer, Carla Spielmann, Matthias Braun

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Apr 24); 28:e75783

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A Review of Medical Data Sharing Initiatives With a Focus on the Use of Blockchain Technologies: Qualitative Comparative Analysis

James Cunningham, Nigel Davies, Sarah Devaney, Mike Harding, Søren Holm, Victoria Neumann, Clare Smith, John Ainsworth

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Apr 22); 28:e63575

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Global Mapping of Telemedicine Regulation and Ethical Safeguards: Mixed Methods Exploratory Document Analysis

Rosamaria Rodrigues Gomes, Carlos Adriano Silva dos Santos, Ivone Duarte, Rui Nunes

JMIR Form Res 2026 (Apr 22); 10:e86613

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Factors Associated With Evolution of the Use of Medical Assistance in Dying: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Isabelle Marcoux, David Lavoie, Amy Bergeron, Alexandra Beaudin, Simon Lemyre, Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin, Gina Bravo, Maude Hébert, Chantale Simard, Deborah Ummel, Catherine Perron, Marie-Eve Bouthillier

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (Apr 21); 15:e85963

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Understanding the Factors Explaining the Growing Use of Medical Assistance in Dying in Québec: Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods and Multimethods Study

Marie-Ève Bouthillier, Isabelle Marcoux, Catherine Perron, Bruno Gagnon, David Lussier, Ghislaine Rouly, Mathieu Moreau, Michel Dorval, Sabrina Lessard, Dominique Girard, Gina Bravo, Maude Hébert, Michelle Giroux, Simon Lemyre, Alexandra Beaudin, Claude Julie Bourque, Maryse Soulières, Maude Lévesque, Mona Gupta, Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin, David Lavoie, Bertrand Lavoie, Ariane Plaisance, Louise Bernier, Jacinthe Dupuis

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (Apr 20); 15:e83549

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Evaluating Experiences With the Newly Enacted Law on Assisted Suicide in Austria: Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods Study

Klara Doppler, Tamina-Laetitia Vielgrader, Julia Fischer, Helene Mayer, Jana Marica Hluch, Marlene Walser, Sabine Parrag, Stefan Dinges, Karl Stöger, Thomas Wochele-Thoma, Maria Kletecka-Pulker

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (Apr 16); 15:e86740

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Digital Health as an Enabler of Personalized Medicine in Ghana: Gaps, Opportunities, and Future Directions

Godsway Sackey, Babajide Owoyele, Frank E Baiden, Stefan Konigorski

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Apr 16); 28:e70696

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Development of a Contextualized, Research-Based Flemish Assessment Framework for Digital Care, Assistance, and Support: Delphi Study

Fien Buelens, Tom Seymoens, Jana Verplancke, Tom Van Daele

JMIR Form Res 2026 (Apr 15); 10:e88512

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