Security of home health tools lacks government oversight

While use of digital health tools at home–from genetic tests to wearables–can put personal health information at risk, the government currently has very few tools at its disposal to solve such issues, the Washington Post reports.

Such tests are not under the purview of HIPAA–and the government currently can’t do much to regulate that space, it notes. The same goes for wearables, mobile health tools and genetic testing companies, like 23andMe. For the full article click here 

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