Google will automatically delete location history when users visit sensitive places like abortion clinics, according to a blog posted last week.
In the post, the tech giant said the location history setting on Google accounts is off by default, and users who turn it on can remove data at any time. The new protections will delete entries from places like counseling centers, domestic violence...
UPDATE JUNE 30
Less than a week after Flo tweeted about its plans to launch an "anonymous mode" to its period-tracking app, the company revealed the new feature will be available in the coming weeks.
Flo said users will be able to enter anonymous mode through the iOS and Android app settings, allowing them to use it without personal email, name and technical identifiers. If the company receives "...
PatientSource solution eliminates manual data gathering at Ichilov Hospital
A new electronic patient record (EPR) solution at Ichilov Hospital in Israel has reduced the time it takes clinicians to access patient data from six minutes to six seconds per appointment.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) selected UK vendor PatientSource to build the cloud-based solution, which integrates with hospital IT...
Women’s health startup Inne raises $10M
Berlin-based healthtech startup Inne has raised an additional $10 million (€9.3M) in funding led by DSM Venturing.
Borski Fund and Calm Storm Ventures also participated in the round, along with angels Taavet Hinrikus (Wise), Dr Fiona Pathiraja and Rolf Schromgens (Trivago).
Inne will use the investment to continue to develop its mini lab and platform to...
Nearly half of period-tracking apps studied used or shared data for third-party advertising, according to an analysis by cybersecurity and VPN company Surfshark.
The review examined 20 popular apps from the Apple App Store and ranked each app depending on the amount and sensitivity of the information they collect. For instance, an app received one point for data collected that isn't linked to a...
Many popular women's health apps fail to meet basic data privacy and security standards, according to a review published in JMIR.
The study analyzed 23 of the most downloaded and highest rated femtech apps on Apple's App Store and Google Play by two independent reviewers on data privacy, data sharing and security assessment criteria. Sixteen of the apps were related to fertility, cycle tracking...
The reimbursement channel for digital health apps in Europe has traditionally been long and complex.
But new analysis from Research2Guidance (R2G) predicts reimbursement opportunities will improve significantly over the next few years.
An R2G report has categorised European countries into groups of leaders, fast followers, certifiers and laggards, based on their public health insurance system’s...
Consumers are reluctant to hand over personal data about their location, social media use and finances for health-related use, according to a new study published in JAMA.
The research, which compared consumers' willingness to share personal data to their willingness to share information from their electronic health record, found that patients were more open to sharing steps from an activity-...
Telehealth use continued to increase overall in 2021, but it has stabilized from the sharper growth curve seen in 2020, according to results from the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired survey.
This year, 26% of healthcare organizations – including acute care, ambulatory care and long-term or post-acute care facilities – reported a quarter or more of their patients had used telehealth. That’s lower...
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