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Period tracking, especially as it relates to fertility, mood, etc. - sounds like health care to me. Instead of an app company using an app, suppose it were a d
by e87vrncfo3847 8y ago
Period tracking, especially as it relates to fertility, mood, etc. - sounds like health care to me.
Instead of an app company using an app, suppose it were a doctor and a notepad? Would that really be so far outside the doctor's wheelhouse as to no longer be "health care."
They're collecting the data in the course of providing a health care service. Which also raises the question of medical licenses.
- nerdponx 8y agoIt's because the HIPAA law specifically defines the kinds of entities that are subject to the law, and tracking of user-input health data falls outside that definition.