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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. “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300. Use of mobile apps to track personal health activity fell from nearly 1 in 2 consumers to 1 in 3.

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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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Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT

Health Populi

40, published April 2018. On March 29, 2018, Under Armour’s announcement that about 150 million users of My Fitness Pal had their personal information breached in March is a specific consumer health wake-up call.

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

Aging in Place Technology Watch

From a sheer quantity standpoint, the plethora of devices from Amazon (claiming sales of 100 million gadgets at the end of 2018, plus a dozen new ones introduced for the 2019 holiday sales period) captures the stampede nature of the market. Amazon’s release of HIPAA compliance tools has made personalizing the interaction feasible.

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HIPAA Considerations When Adding Video Calling To a Health App

SightCall

For healthcare, rules are defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA regulates how patients’ information must be handled by healthcare professionals (covered entities) and their partners (business associates). Developers Hate HIPAA. Developers Hate HIPAA. Although the U.S.

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What's next for voice technology in healthcare?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

During 2018, Amazon patented a version of its Alexa technology that perhaps could evaluate whether a person is ill. Verification and HIPAA compliance together will make voice-enabled care plans a reality. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Who is speaking?

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Voice First: Speaking Up about Health and Wellness

Aging in Place Technology Watch

led insurer Cigna in March 2018 to launch Answers by Cigna. And then there’s Amazon -- with a team focused on health and wellness – creating interest and some have concern about a voice home hub – though not yet HIPAA compliant. Alexa has the answer to ‘Where’s the Nearest Hospital” but sends you to WebMD for how to treat a sunburn.

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