Week 5 Hcs490
Advances in Technology and Medicine Enable Consumers to make Healthy Choices
Danjerell Burks
HCS/490
April 15, 2015
Maryum Rasool
Advances in Technology and Medicine Enable Consumers to make Healthy Choices
Technology has come along and took the health care area by surprise and created more jobs and more opportunity for advancement and placement. With all the new apps that are now being downloaded on our smart phones and smart appliances is one of the major ways that consumers are taking their health for granted many of us think that the internet has all the answer but in reality when it comes to health care no one can actually give correct information when it comes to your health is a doctor. They have app for everything. Food Allergies, IBD or Crons, Cancer and Arthritis Many people believe what the Google search options says it all cancer or some people doesn 't take their symptoms seriously. Managing your diagnosed health problem, or learning more about your medical challenges may be more effective with the quick and easy access through your iPhone, Android, Blackberry, iPad or other smartphone or tablet can cause confusion and be very misleading. The health care information that Google provides is quick and easy and but the risk of all your private information leak to the internet but every time something is input you run the risk of letting anyone have full access to your health information. The privacy of personal health information is a hot-button issue around the globe. Most people think HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protects them by regulating the privacy of their personal health information. What most users don 't know is that Google Health does not have to abide by HIPAA, as they are not considered a covered entity. Instead, Google Health is considered to be a method of health care record storage. Many opponents of Google Health are concerned that user data will be shared with insurance companies. Even if
Danjerell Burks
HCS/490
April 15, 2015
Maryum Rasool
Advances in Technology and Medicine Enable Consumers to make Healthy Choices
Technology has come along and took the health care area by surprise and created more jobs and more opportunity for advancement and placement. With all the new apps that are now being downloaded on our smart phones and smart appliances is one of the major ways that consumers are taking their health for granted many of us think that the internet has all the answer but in reality when it comes to health care no one can actually give correct information when it comes to your health is a doctor. They have app for everything. Food Allergies, IBD or Crons, Cancer and Arthritis Many people believe what the Google search options says it all cancer or some people doesn 't take their symptoms seriously. Managing your diagnosed health problem, or learning more about your medical challenges may be more effective with the quick and easy access through your iPhone, Android, Blackberry, iPad or other smartphone or tablet can cause confusion and be very misleading. The health care information that Google provides is quick and easy and but the risk of all your private information leak to the internet but every time something is input you run the risk of letting anyone have full access to your health information. The privacy of personal health information is a hot-button issue around the globe. Most people think HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protects them by regulating the privacy of their personal health information. What most users don 't know is that Google Health does not have to abide by HIPAA, as they are not considered a covered entity. Instead, Google Health is considered to be a method of health care record storage. Many opponents of Google Health are concerned that user data will be shared with insurance companies. Even if
References: HIPPA 101. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.hipaa-101.com/