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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. 4 What Are Data Brokers and How Can They Hurt Your Clients?

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Variances In Clinician EHR Use Can Hold Back Interoperability Efforts

Healthcare IT Today

Given that clinicians have different styles, it’s hardly surprising that they document care in different ways. Unfortunately, however, these idiosyncrasies are one of the obstacles that stand in the way of better interoperability, according to an article by Corepoint Health.

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

Health Populi

Department of Health and Human Services unveiled the long-anticipated ONC Cures Act Final Rule for health data interoperability. That’s a wonky phrase that translates, simply put, into how our health data will be made available to us patients, consumers, health plan members, caregivers all.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

mHealth : mHealth stands for mobile health and refers to healthcare apps and services delivered via mobile technology like smartphones and tablets. This technology could be in the form of connected healthcare devices like a smartwatch or heart monitor, health monitoring and wellness apps, or connected home devices.

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CNBC: Why TeleMedicine is a Bust

mHealth Insight

mHealth Insights. We’re not dropping the ‘m’ in ‘mHealth’ we’re dropping the ‘Health’ CNBC have it captured well: A MAN IN WHITE COAT WITH A STETHOSCOPE TAPPING AT HIS MOBILE is a perfectly valid and useful depiction of telemedicine today. “Why the lack of adoption?

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The Different Types of Telehealth

iSALUS Healthcare

Asynchronous Video (AKA Store-and-Forward) Asynchronous video is the electronic delivery of a patient’s documented health history outside of real-time, used by a healthcare provider. Mobile Health (mHealth) Mobile health is the use of smart devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.), for monitoring and review.

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“Online consultations in general practice: the questions to ask” RCGP Report.

mHealth Insight

mHealth Insight. At times the RCGP seems fixated on efforts to detract from efforts to evolve general practice beyond the office visit only model but I think this is a fascinating document and it will provide a great launchpad for discussions about how services should be designed.