Patients are waking up to their role as owners of their own healthcare data, which will give them economic clout and control over new business models that are disrupting traditional healthcare financing. Forecasts suggest that healthcare data will be the fastest growing sector by 2025, with patients trading their data as currency and investing in their own care outcomes. This will lead to the development of predictive analytics, personalised products, and extended care models, and will require patients to come to terms with the value of data ownership and overcome interoperability challenges.
100 MILLION Americans in UnitedHealth PII Breach
UnitedHealth confirmed that February’s ransomware attack impacted 100 million people, the largest healthcare data breach in the US. Health insurance, health, billing, and personal information
