Fitbit Data and Your Health Insurance

Fitbit Data and Your Health Insurance

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 125 , Segment 1

Fitbit Data and Insurance, Poverty and the Brain, Poor No More

Episode: Fitbit Data and Insurance, Poverty and the Brain, Poor No More

  • May 27, 2017 4:00 pm
  • 47:56 mins

Dr. Andy Boyd, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Health and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Our Producer Palakiko just got a new Fitbit Charge smartwatch.  He loves it.  It tracks his resting heart rate, how many calories he burns each day, and even grades his quality of sleep.   But should his Fitbit data be used to deny him healthcare? Andy Boyd explains how fitness trackers come with many issues involving personal data