Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. Remember that digital health literacy is a “super determinant of health.”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

Smartphone adoption among older people grew by 50% since 2014, rising from 48% adoption among people 50+ to 79%. About four in 10 people 50+ are interested in “purchasing” (the word used in the AARP survey) several digital health innovations: Communicating with a health care provider that you’ve taken a medication as prescribed.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

.” Concerns about consumer-generated data and third-party data brokers’ and others’ potential to exploit the information outside of pure health care uses is not a new-new thing. ” Health citizenship for Americans sits on several pillars, and data well-being is one of them.

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