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Better Help is owned by telehealth company, Teladoc. Should we concerned about how telehealth platforms are leveraging our data?

It's a shame that some of these companies seem to skirt the intent of HIPAA by providing "anonymous data" which can later be re-identified using other data.

I'll definitely keep in mind to chat with my provider directly!

Btw, love all the work Mozilla does!

I'd recommend checking out Data Brokers by John Oliver. He discusses how these companies can reidentify data quite easily with a pretty small amount of data points

I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at. Companies that handle PHI have specific data handling policies that align with HIPAA regulations et al. Most modern data exchange is handled by CMS outside of HIPAA, e.g., The 21st Century Cures Act.

Following that, governments can't get willy nilly access to your medical data either. With a warrant, a government agency can access your 'legal medical record' which is a limited set of data points.

I've never encountered someone who believes HIPAA protects against hackers. It prevents your nurses gossiping about you by name, or healthcare companies sharing identifiable information in data analyses, for example.

Every government and every political campaign.

Data Brokers by John Oliver