Opinion: Listen: Who owns your health data — and why you should care
It can be hard to fathom that anyone other than you might own your information. But they do. Everything from what’s in your electronic medical record to the average jogging speed recorded on an app may be someone else’s property.
For a profit, the magic is in the aggregate. Innumerable hospitals, corporations, and apps are tracking their patients and users. But that information is worth more than money. On an individual scale, it’s valuable information that paints a full picture of health for individuals and their health care providers.
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