Health Populi
MARCH 28, 2019
As more mobile app users — consumers, patients, and caregivers — use these handy digital health tools, much of the data we share can be re-identified and monetized by third parties well beyond those we believe we’re sharing with. Will Americans benefit from a U.S.-style style GDPR?
E-CareManagement
JUNE 27, 2021
Some have called on policymakers to extend HIPAA to cover mHealth apps and other online platforms. In the latest post in our series — “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? HIPAA’s rules protect data and also protect incumbents’ interests in controlling health data.
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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. 4 What Are Data Brokers and How Can They Hurt Your Clients?
E-CareManagement
JANUARY 22, 2020
Some have called on policymakers to extend HIPAA to cover mHealth apps and other online platforms. In the latest post in our series — “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? HIPAA’s rules protect data and also protect incumbents’ interests in controlling health data.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Unfortunately, however, these idiosyncrasies are one of the obstacles that stand in the way of better interoperability, according to an article by Corepoint Health. In a piece published in mHealth Intelligence, the vendor notes that one of the biggest […].
Redox
MARCH 15, 2024
The clincher: Just because the data is available to use doesn’t mean health systems are fully using that data—or capitalizing on the full capabilities of the analytics solutions they’ve deployed. Idea with legs: User experience matters, because without a good one, health data goes unused. The Journal of mHealth.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 15, 2023
With 49 of the 50 leading telehealth startups reportedly using similar strategies of sharing sensitive patient information for profit, the remarkable study was summarized and explained in Telehealth.org’s article titled Some Telehealth Platforms Are Tracking Sensitive Patient Data: Are They Violating HIPAA?
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