Your personal health information can now pay for school meals and medical bills
When approved research generates revenue from patients' anonymised health information, a portion of those funds is directed back to the patient to help subsidise their prescriptions, preventative care, or future hospital bills.
A recent World Economic Forum report has flagged something being tried out in Kenya that at first hearing sounds almost too neat for this continent of ours, or something a digital scammer has come up with.
Instead of cash, people might use their personal health information to help cover the cost of medical care. Every time you walk into a clinic, the notes on your symptoms, the diagnosis, how the treatment went, and whether you got better or not are entered into your file.
