These personal health records aim to consolidate information like diagnoses and lab results for consumers to access easily via their smartphones or... The rise in health care and technology companies developing apps for US consumers has fuelled privacy concerns . Apple , Google , Microsoft and other firms have created online tools for users to gather their personal health data , which is currently stored across a variety of medical and healthcare systems . But while the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protects patient information held by health care providers , it does not protect data held by other kinds of organisation , such as tech companies who make wearables .
The rise in health care and technology companies developing apps for US consumers has fuelled privacy concerns . Apple , Google , Microsoft and other firms have created online tools for users to gather their personal health data , which is currently stored across a variety of medical and healthcare systems . But while the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protects patient information held by health care providers , it does not protect data held by other kinds of organisation , such as tech companies who make wearables .