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

Health Populi

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. They believe that users can be easily identified. Will Americans benefit from a U.S.-style

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Health Data Outside HIPAA: Simply Extending HIPAA Would Be a #FAIL

E-CareManagement

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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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. These companies include BetterHelp , Cerebral, GoodRX, Monument, and Workit Health.

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Health Data Outside HIPAA: Simply Extending HIPAA Would Be a #FAIL

E-CareManagement

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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mHealth Insights live from #HIMSS18

mHealth Insight

Chris plans to attend the following Conference tracks that have a mHealth focus: Monday 5 March (13:45pm Lando 4302): INTEGRATING DATA SOURCES TO SUPPORT CARE DELIVERY. Description: The advances in and availability of data from disparate sources create new opportunities and frontiers in care coordination for complex patients.

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HealthTech EMEA Predictions 2024: Europe, Middle East and Africa

Lloyd Price

This will create new opportunities for Middle Eastern healthtech startups to develop and launch products and services that support the e-pharmacy industry. In 2024, we can expect to see more African healthtech startups developing and launching mHealth solutions for a variety of conditions.

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

Health Populi

This is where testing and learning become a key part of adoption and ultimately the maturity of digital health,” said Kaveh Safavi, M.D., a senior managing director in Accenture’s global Health practice. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Privacy concerns are front-of-mind among consumers in 2020 across all industries.