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Our Mobile Health Data: Shared, Identifiable, and Privacy-Deprived

Health Populi

This compromised health data privacy scenario comes out of research published this month in the BMJ , Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis. Beyond this third-party data analysis, the research identified fourth-party sharing in the mobile app ecosystem.

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People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Health Populi

” The researchers used spatial analysis to explore disproportionate mortality outcomes for COVID-19 experienced by different racial and ethnic groups: comparing overall death rates with those of Hispanic or Latinx, Non-Hispanic Black or African-American, and Non-Hispanic White populations.

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

As more connected home devices populate the growing Internet of Healthy Things at home, these privacy and security questions will become more transparent and obvious to patients adapting their homes as their hubs for health/care.

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Digital Health Technologies for Alzheimer’s Disease

The Digital Health Corner

Public health policy might very well change as a result of such outcome studies. I would submit that the potential for digital tech to prolong independence and/or improve lives of caregivers in the home or at a distance must be the subject of clinical studies.

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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. [link] In January 2023, the Rockefeller Institute published a three-part blog series on trends to watch in healthcare in 2023.

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The Social Determinants of Food for Health, Farms, and the Economy

Health Populi

Chillinois welcomes a diversity membership to its ranks: young farmers, old farmers, mid-career-change farmers, teachers, web designers, documentary filmmakers, bakers, urban planners, gardeners…an ecosystem of people passionate about the land, local food, and their community.