Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

In the extensive privacy discussion in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , I cited Deloitte’s 2017 Global Mobile Consumer Survey which described consumer privacy as “a concerned embrace of technology” (see page 14 within the report link).

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. By 2017, 8 in 10 U.S. adults were online health information hunters. adults; the poll was fielded in 2017.

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The Digital Health Corner

AUGUST 7, 2017

The FDA has previously released guidance documents on Mobile Medical Apps and General Principles of Software Validation. The Action Plan calls for a final version guidance by the end of 2017 of its draft proposal of Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) Software Change to an Existing Device. The upgrade approval process will be clarified.

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Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

For health care privacy, Americans’ HIPAA provisions surely don’t cover personal information that informs health beyond the healthcare claim the way Europeans’ GDPR or the soon-to-be-implemented California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020 do. 2015 – Musings with Mary Meeker on the Digital/Health Nexus.

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