Withings is now gating automatic Apple Health integration behind its $100/year Withings+ subscription for all new accounts created since October 13, 2026.
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Withings is now gating automatic Apple Health integration behind its $100/year Withings+ subscription for all new accounts created since October 13, 2026.
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From Dr. Jason Sutherland at the UBC School of Population and Public Health:
Three ways Ottawa must lead the shift to integrated healthcare following high-performing health systems like Kaiser Permanente
#cdnpoli #medicare #integratedhealthcare #healthteams #healthdata #healthsilos
Health data is the most sensitive personal data there is: medical histories, prescriptions, appointment records, conditions you'd never want made public. 🧵2/4
Nvidia has bought a stake in Doctolib, France's leading health platform—used by tens of millions of patients across 🇫🇷, 🇩🇪, & 🇮🇹. 🧵1/4
A blood panel will not build muscle. It can explain why a good program stopped working.
#bloodwork #healthdata #trainsmart #recovery #healthjourney
Your identity. Across providers.
Health ID links your records across hospitals, clinics and labs without centralizing the underlying data. Your information moves with you, and it's shared only with your consent. 🔒
#HealthID #Interoperability #PatientPrivacy #HealthData #DigitalHe
CHIA is excited to take part in the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀' (NAHDO) annual conference, 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁.
Information on conference registration and CHIA presenters:
www.nahdo.org/conference/2...
It's not hypothetical. In 2019, people learned from the WSJ that Google had access to Ascension's records, and that Flo had shared users' data with Facebook. Flo later settled with the FTC.
Share data for research and AI with proof of permission.
fise.tech/consentauth
"De-identified" doesn't mean "unidentifiable."
ZIP code, birth date, and sex uniquely identify 87% of Americans. With 15 demographic attributes, 99.98% could be re-identified.
The question isn't only "Is this de-identified?" It's "Did the patient know, and would they agree?"
‘No regulation’: Trump officials bypass the public to boost invisible code
Estonia plans court approval for access to health data #courts #Estonia #healthdata
🚨 Last chance: learn how #AI can transform clinical medicine and #PublicHealth
Coming in an online format from 24-27 November, our @lshtm.bsky.social will introduce the key concepts and applications of AI to health #HealthData #datascience
Apply by 17 Oct 🔽
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As health data multiplies, Longevitix is building a physician-led AI layer designed to turn complexity into continuous preventive care.
Link as first comment.
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Wearables in research
Consumer wearables
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#sensitiveandspecific #diagnostics #healthtracking #wearables #wearabledevice #wearablepatch #wirelessdevice #stickersensor #contactlens #consumerwearables #healthdata
📊 Our four-day @lshtm.bsky.social course provides you with the knowledge to design, analyse and interpret quantitative systematic reviews in #PublicHealth
Ideal for aspiring #HealthData researchers to learn how to conduct high quality reviews
Apply by 19 October 🔽
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What role should law play in shaping the future of health data in Africa?
MSc student Emy Eapen reflects on Professor Sharifah Sekalala's lecture for our Cutting-Edge Issues in Development Thinking and Practice series.
🇪🇺 Putting patients at the heart of Europe’s health data transformation.
On 1 October, Francisco Lozano, CPE President, joined the Congreso de Organizaciones de Pacientes in Bilbao.
🔗 congreso.plataformadepacientes.org
#PatientCancerEurope #PatientEngagement #HealthData #EUHealthPolicy
FYI: Italy fines IQVIA €7M over health data of 1M patients it called anonymous #HealthData #Privacy #DataProtection #HealthCare #PatientRights