HealthIT Answers September 11, 2021
By Susan Walberg JD, Principal Consultant, Compliance Ala Carte
Healthcare apps have become increasingly prevalent, with people using them for counting steps, monitoring their calories, or linking to various medical devices, to name just a few examples. Since the COVID outbreak, however, and the explosion of telehealth as a healthcare option, these apps have proliferated at an insane rate. As of 2020, there were 325,000 healthcare apps on the market, with more coming all the time.
Whether you are a consumer who uses such apps, or a provider who wants to develop an app for patients to use, it’s important to understand some of the privacy and security risks that may accompany the use of such tools, and what to...
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