During Monday's ViVE event in Nashville, panelists discussed how to collect unbiased data through partnerships and by gaining trust and increasing accessibility within communities.
"Data is generated, input by individuals — by humans — and as humans, we all have implicit biases. The first part is to recognize, acknowledge what those are, learn what those may be for you so then you can help...
As consumer health apps continue to increase in popularity, so do experts’ fears over user privacy.
A new study published in the BMJ that analyzed more than 20,000 medical, health and fitness apps suggests that these apps have "serious problems" related to privacy and data collection.
"Our results show that the collection of personal user information is a pervasive practice in mHealth apps, and...
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine today launched its Health Equity Tracker, a data platform that highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on marginalized communities.
Built with support from Gilead Sciences, Google.org, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the CDC Foundation, the tracker is a data visualization tool that displays the scale of COVID-19 cases...