 | | Health | August 19, 2016 |
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Quote of the Week
"How come as a patient, we're always last in line to the data? How come my doctors and the university researchers can see my tumor genome and I can't? Why are there so many barriers for getting access to my own data? No one really sees the problems with getting access to your own data, until you're in the hot seat."
- Steven Keating, The Open Patient
"Mobile applications, or apps, have the potential to help patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions manage their health better. But as currently designed, health apps can present challenges to the vulnerable populations who would likely benefit the most, including the poor and patients with low levels of health literacy. An observational study of adults using apps to manage their chronic conditions found that patients could complete only a minority of tasks without any assistance."
- The Commonwealth Fund
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