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Here’s Looking at You: How Personal Health Information Is Being Tracked and Used

01-Jul-2014

Key points from article :

Pros:

Improving clinical trials.

Managing chronic disease

Forecasting and tracking epidemics

Cons:

You can buy from any number of data brokers, by malady, the lists of individuals in America who are afflicted with a particular disease or condition

the top 20 health and wellness apps were transmitting information to as many as 70 third-party organizations

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Medical Technology