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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

To the issue of trusting my doctor to keep my information secure, the survey found a decline from 89% trusting my doctor in 2019 to 83% in 2020. Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020.

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Telehealth is biggest threat to healthcare cybersecurity, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Although a new report suggests that the healthcare industry slightly improved its security posture this year compared to last, it warns that increased provider reliance on telehealth since the COVID-19 pandemic now presents a new slate of risks to patient data. WHY IT MATTERS. "However.

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E&T: Health apps frequently neglect privacy of users, study finds

mHealth Insight

Hilary Lamb at Engineering & Technology reports on a study that has found “Health apps frequently neglect privacy of users” mHealth Insights. With some resources and considered use of keyword advertising you can probably engage them too (because as we know most Patients are googling their condition/diagnosis).

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