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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians.

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HIPAA Considerations When Adding Video Calling To a Health App

SightCall

HIPAA regulates how patients’ information must be handled by healthcare professionals (covered entities) and their partners (business associates). As an example, the covered entity could be a health insurance company while the business associate could be a startup that utilizes Protected Health Information (PHI) for its mHealth app.

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Telemedicine Today: November 2016

American Well

mHealth Intelligence. We understand the importance about how mobile technology is evolving and providing moms with new tools that help manage, track and access health information. Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018. Mother’s Want Telehealth.