Medical Futurist September 30, 2024
Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD

How familiar are you with your digital health data footprint? Do you even know what kind of health data is generated about you and where it is stored? And what happens with this ever-growing pile of information after you die? Who owns this data and who can get access to it? Why could this even be interesting and for whom? We have dived into the mainly overlooked area of posthumous medical data and almost got lost. Here are our findings but just a heads up: it’s messy and complicated.

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What happens to our social media channels and data online when we die?

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Topics: Digital Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Social Media, Technology
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