Connected Health

AMA Encourages Health App Developers to Implement “Privacy by Design”

December 28, 2021 - The American Medical Association (AMA) released a guide on data governance and equitable digital health data collection for health app developers to reference as they navigate the new age of health data sharing. The guide supplements AMA’s “Privacy Principles,” which were released in 2020 to help health app developers understand...


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