New mobile healthcare technologies provide more convenience for patients but raise questions about privacy and security of personal health information. While many doctors and some consumers feel comfortable using devices for things like at-home urinalysis, many consumers are concerned about privacy and the potential for hacked medical data, as seen by a large data breach at a healthcare company in 2014 that compromised millions of patient records. Consumers indicated that concerns over privacy and security of their medical data would impact how openly they discuss health conditions with doctors.

1. PRIVACY CONVENIENCE
Newmobilehealthcaretechnologybringsmoreconvenience
butraisesquestionsaboutsecurityofpatientinformation.
VS.
Privacy
Convenience
47%of doctors would be
comfortable prescribing
medication based on
the results of a home
urinalysis device.
1in5consumers said he/she
would be comfortable using
the device.
4.5Millionpatients’ personal data was
compromised when
Community Health Systems
was hacked in 2014.
56%of consumers said the privacy
and security of their medical
data would influence how much
they tell their doctors about
their conditions.
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