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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Alissa Knight , an expert on hacking and cybersecurity, conducted this research by first downloading 30 mHealth apps in collaboration with the companies, to do penetration testing of their apps and APIs. mHealth companies should implement a “zero-trust” approach to securing apps and APIs. As a result, most U.S.

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

Health Populi

Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020. But even trust in the most trusted steward, my doctor, eroded between 2019 and 2020. 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.

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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. HIPAA, in some cases, may not legally obligate privately held companies to keep collected information private.

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Voice, health, wellbeing -- notes from January 2020 report

Aging in Place Technology Watch

From Voice recognition technology to Smart Speakers to Voice Assistants, it is now pervasive – in the year 2020, 50% of all searches will be by voice. Amazon’s release of HIPAA compliance tools has made personalizing the interaction feasible. More to follow in January 2020]. . Providence St.

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Five technology and health blogs from March 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The world is spinning from the events of March 2020. It’s almost quaint to look at where the month began – publishing the 2020 Market Overview of Technology for Aging. The 2020 Market Overview of Technology for Aging is now online. Technology innovation from HIMSS 2020. Read more. .

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

Investments in the digital health sector have fast-grown in the past decade, reaching $14bn in 2020 based on Rock Health’s latest read on the market. The pandemic has accelerated the use of digital health across its many segments: telehealth, mHealth, software platforms, behavioral health, digital therapeutics, among them.

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What's next for voice technology in healthcare?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Verification and HIPAA compliance together will make voice-enabled care plans a reality. Excerpt from Voice, Health and Wellbeing 2020 report published in January 2020.]. . category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.