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The most commonly known and popular type. Sold for profit, to the average consumer and with absolutely on guarantees. Worst category for privacy because companies make money selling your data to 3d party data brokers.<ref>Personal Health Technology Is Getting Smarter : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/05/588914818/personal-tech-devices-are-still-learning-how-to-improve-health</ref> Usually easy to set up and understand. Unfortunately exporting (access to your own data) is not guaranteed<ref>https://quantifiedself.com/about/access/</ref><ref>https://quantifiedself.com/about/article27/</ref>, though workarounds can be found on github. No guarantees also means that the information the device pretends to measure could be completely made up. For an example, buy an off-brand smart watch from any big online marketplace or look up the history of fitness trackers and distance.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_tracker#Performance] More commonly, the devices that really measure something often do not warn the user if the signal the device is getting is really bad and therefor obscure real data with junk. Perhaps some guarantees of quality of a device can be made through word of mouth, scientific studies and brand name. You can find alot of this information on this wiki's [[:Category:Tools|Category:Tools]] and [https://www.openhumans.org/add-data/ Open humans data imports.] | The most commonly known and popular type. Sold for profit, to the average consumer and with absolutely on guarantees. Worst category for privacy because companies make money selling your data to 3d party data brokers.<ref>Personal Health Technology Is Getting Smarter : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/05/588914818/personal-tech-devices-are-still-learning-how-to-improve-health</ref> Usually easy to set up and understand. Unfortunately exporting (access to your own data) is not guaranteed<ref>https://quantifiedself.com/about/access/</ref><ref>https://quantifiedself.com/about/article27/</ref>, though workarounds can be found on github. No guarantees also means that the information the device pretends to measure could be completely made up. For an example, buy an off-brand smart watch from any big online marketplace or look up the history of fitness trackers and distance.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_tracker#Performance] More commonly, the devices that really measure something often do not warn the user if the signal the device is getting is really bad and therefor obscure real data with junk. Perhaps some guarantees of quality of a device can be made through word of mouth, scientific studies and brand name. You can find alot of this information on this wiki's [[:Category:Tools|Category:Tools]] and [https://www.openhumans.org/add-data/ Open humans data imports.] | ||
== Medical Devices in USA == | == Medical Devices in USA == | ||
| − | Like commercial device but with an FDA guarantee<ref>https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scrIpts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfrl/rl.cfm</ref> of sensor quality. Avoiding FDA classification may be a fear of the legal consequences of layman misusing a device labeled as medical but also could be because the device really is only meant to encourage healthiness. To market to people with medical conditions product must be FDA approved medical. Usually more expensive. Decent privacy as data is protected by HIPAA. No guarantee of data export and if none then no workarounds.<ref>https://vimeo.com/266682871</ref> | + | Like commercial device but with an FDA guarantee<ref>https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scrIpts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfrl/rl.cfm</ref> of sensor quality. Avoiding FDA classification may be a fear of the legal consequences of layman misusing a device labeled as medical but also could be because the device really is only meant to encourage healthiness. To market to people with medical conditions product must be FDA approved medical. Usually more expensive. Decent privacy as data is protected by HIPAA. No guarantee of data export and if none then no workarounds.<ref>https://vimeo.com/266682871</ref> [[User:DG|DG]] ([[User talk:DG|talk]]) I think devices for doctors to use will export the data to an app and a service for patients will not. Honestly my only sources of info are ZIO and Contec. |
==Open Source== | ==Open Source== | ||