Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 16, 2023
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. HIPAA, in some cases, may not legally obligate privately held companies to keep collected information private.
SightCall
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
For healthcare, rules are defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA regulates how patients’ information must be handled by healthcare professionals (covered entities) and their partners (business associates). Developers Hate HIPAA. Developers Hate HIPAA. Although the U.S.
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Aging in Place Technology Watch
DECEMBER 4, 2019
From a sheer quantity standpoint, the plethora of devices from Amazon (claiming sales of 100 million gadgets at the end of 2018, plus a dozen new ones introduced for the 2019 holiday sales period) captures the stampede nature of the market. Amazon’s release of HIPAA compliance tools has made personalizing the interaction feasible.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
JULY 18, 2018
led insurer Cigna in March 2018 to launch Answers by Cigna. And then there’s Amazon -- with a team focused on health and wellness – creating interest and some have concern about a voice home hub – though not yet HIPAA compliant. Alexa has the answer to ‘Where’s the Nearest Hospital” but sends you to WebMD for how to treat a sunburn.
Health Populi
MARCH 10, 2020
Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020. “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300. Use of mobile apps to track personal health activity fell from nearly 1 in 2 consumers to 1 in 3.
Consumer eHealth Engagement
OCTOBER 23, 2018
patient portals) to mobile applications (mhealth) and now to voice and conversational assistants. Several organizations are anxiously awaiting for HIPAA compliant voice devices. Since the year 2000, the health technology industry has evolved from websites (e.g. In hospital, the doctor asks to see the patient’s latest lab results.
Health Populi
AUGUST 27, 2018
Rock Health’s 2018 survey reinforces what we know-we know about consumers’ willingness to share health data — and that is that the physician, above all health care entities, is the patient’s most trusted data steward. These findings are based on Rock Health’s survey of some 4,000 U.S.
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