Technology and health-care companies are competing to develop new ways for consumers to corral their digital health data, prompting questions about data privacy and control. The rise in health care and technology companies developing apps for US consumers has fuelled privacy concerns. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , UnitedHealth , the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 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 insurance systems. But while Cigna protects patient information held by health care providers, it does not cover 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. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , UnitedHealth , the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 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 insurance systems. But while Cigna protects patient information held by health care providers, it does not cover data held by other kinds of organisation, such as tech companies who make wearables.