Data integrity

Healthcare provider looking at two computers
By  Jessica Hagen 10:32 am March 29, 2023
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...
person holding a phone while using a mHealth app
By  Mallory Hackett 12:37 pm June 18, 2021
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...
Health Equity Tracker dashboard on a laptop computer
By  Mallory Hackett 09:00 am May 26, 2021
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...