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Archives for April 2019

Trust gap: Health apps and data sharing

April 29, 2019 By Susannah Fox 21 Comments

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There has been a steady drip-drip-drip of articles documenting how health apps are sharing data with third parties: Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis, by Grundy et al. (British Medical Journal, Feb. 25, 2019) You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook. Wall […]

Filed Under: demographics, health data, policy issues, trends & principles Tagged With: Fda, Health Data, Health Privacy, Hhs, Hipaa, NHS, Trustworthiness

Half of 18- to 22-year-olds seek peer health advice online

April 22, 2019 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

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A 2018 national survey by Hopelab and Well Being Trust uncovered an astonishing finding: Fully half (51%) of 18- to 22-year-olds say they have tried to find people online with health concerns similar to their own. That is double the percentage of teens (14- to 17-year-olds) who reported doing this activity and it’s much higher […]

Filed Under: demographics, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: addiction, Breast Cancer Survivor, cancer, diabetes, diet, fitness, HopeLab Foundation, mental health, pregnancy, STIs, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

Paging fans of Dr. Google

April 10, 2019 By Susannah Fox 60 Comments

Google medical degree mugs

Every few weeks someone posts some version of “Don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree.” It appears on Facebook, on Twitter, on coffee mugs, and on signs in doctor’s offices. Today I found out that there’s a doctor who sings about it in English and in Swedish. Here’s one fabulous reply, written by Trisha […]

Filed Under: trends & principles Tagged With: Google

Art and data

April 1, 2019 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Jacqueline von Edelberg created a striking installation on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, March 25. Each strip of cloth represents one child killed by a gun in the U.S. since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, 13,000 in all. The installation served as a backdrop for a rally commemorating the one year […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, health data Tagged With: art, gun violence, Health Data, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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