MakeUseOf May 29, 2022
Did you know that doctor-patient confidentiality doesn’t apply to mental health app data? Learn how safe your health information is.
When you tell a health care provider about mental health concerns, doctor-patient confidentiality protects those conversations. However, it doesn’t necessarily exist when you use one of the many mental health apps. Let’s look at why that’s the case.
Is Mental Health App Data Secure and Reliable?
The short answer is: it depends. One challenge relates to the sheer variety of mental health apps and how they work. They range from mood trackers and collections of meditations to chatbots and one-on-one virtual visits with trained therapists.
Each app has specific policies and associated data protection. There are also numerous cases...
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