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A user’s health information is stored in a centralized and secure location and the user decides which data should be shared with your app. Well, that 'centrali

A user’s health information is stored in a centralized and secure location and the user decides which data should be shared with your app. Well, that 'centralized location' (accessable by Apple) would require my trust a bit too much.

k-mcgrady 12y ago
I was under the impression the data was stored locally and not with Apple. I thought the 'centralised' place they were referring to was the Health app.
- exceptione 12y ago
  Centralized would then mean local, and that's almost never the case as far as I have seen such service advertisings.
  - rimantas 12y ago
    Yes local, meaning on your device, centralised, meaning each app has access to some central repository instead of havint its own.
- erichurkman 12y ago
  On the other side of the fence, users with extensive histories of health data (say, someone with high blood pressure with a year of hourly BP history from a wearable device) almost certainly don't want to lose their medically critical health data if their phone happens to take a bath. Backups are important, too.
Numberwang 12y ago
Which in practice means all apps will ask for all info and we will blindly say yes to everything.
- sentenza 12y ago
  Heh. That app will want to access your health records in order to determine whether or not you are at risk of epilepsy, so it can adjust its flashy graphics. Then, of course, they'll transmit the results of your last HIV test to every advertisement network on the planet. The funny thing is that here in Germany, where consumers are heavily protected, people are sceptical. But in the US of A, where a piece of information about your health status can make you uninsurable, people are rather enthusiastic. I'm not even entirely sure which approach will be more beneficial in the mid-term future. But for now I'll stick with my boring German ways.
  - cmelbye 12y ago
    Consumers are heavily protected here too... Look up HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act. It's illegal to deny health care coverage to a person based on health status and a long list of other reasons, and your medical records are highly regulated and private. The daily meme of USA lacking consumer protection gets really old after a while.

k-mcgrady 12y ago

I was under the impression the data was stored locally and not with Apple. I thought the 'centralised' place they were referring to was the Health app.

exceptione 12y ago
Centralized would then mean local, and that's almost never the case as far as I have seen such service advertisings.
- rimantas 12y ago
  Yes local, meaning on your device, centralised, meaning each app has access to some central repository instead of havint its own.
erichurkman 12y ago
On the other side of the fence, users with extensive histories of health data (say, someone with high blood pressure with a year of hourly BP history from a wearable device) almost certainly don't want to lose their medically critical health data if their phone happens to take a bath. Backups are important, too.

Numberwang 12y ago

Which in practice means all apps will ask for all info and we will blindly say yes to everything.

sentenza 12y ago
Heh. That app will want to access your health records in order to determine whether or not you are at risk of epilepsy, so it can adjust its flashy graphics. Then, of course, they'll transmit the results of your last HIV test to every advertisement network on the planet. The funny thing is that here in Germany, where consumers are heavily protected, people are sceptical. But in the US of A, where a piece of information about your health status can make you uninsurable, people are rather enthusiastic. I'm not even entirely sure which approach will be more beneficial in the mid-term future. But for now I'll stick with my boring German ways.
- cmelbye 12y ago
  Consumers are heavily protected here too... Look up HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act. It's illegal to deny health care coverage to a person based on health status and a long list of other reasons, and your medical records are highly regulated and private. The daily meme of USA lacking consumer protection gets really old after a while.