[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":421},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-facebook-in-healthcare":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":184,"relatedBooks":332},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":46,"contact_email_category":47,"yst_prominent_words":48,"class_list":61,"better_featured_image":82,"acf":119,"yoast_meta":128,"_links":131},23180,"2021-09-07T11:12:00","2021-09-07T09:12:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=23180&_wpnonce=8f160d1a86&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-09-16T10:48:25","2021-09-16T08:48:25","facebook-in-healthcare","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffacebook-in-healthcare",{"rendered":17},"Is There A Place For Facebook In Healthcare?",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Data privacy scandals, help in rigging elections, spreading fake news on COVID and vaccines: Facebook has been through a lot and users are not happy with the performance of the social media giant. However, Mark Zuckerberg’s company does not only have a political and social impact, but it’s also getting quite relevant in healthcare.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>We looked around what Facebook currently does in healthcare and evaluated whether those are viable ways to follow in the future. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facebook: from trust issues to healthcare\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The social media machine built on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fcommentisfree\u002F2017\u002Fnov\u002F19\u002Fhow-tech-leaders-delivered-us-into-evil-john-naughton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">“\u003Cem>sophisticated, computer-driven engines for extracting users’ personal information and data trails\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>“, found itself in the middle of social and political debates as it failed to take into consideration its influence on its users – be it individuals, companies, publishers or nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>From the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2018\u002F04\u002F04\u002Fus\u002Fpolitics\u002Fcambridge-analytica-scandal-fallout.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cambridge Analytica scandal\u003C\u002Fa> through the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fapnews.com\u002Farticle\u002Ffacebook-ban-trump-timeline-e1ce70879eca7cfa3a28f66cb3c8d685\" target=\"_blank\">Trump campaigns\u003C\u002Fa> to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Ffacebook-vaccine-covid-misinformation-social-media-nytimes-report-2021-7\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19 misinformation\u003C\u002Fa>, the giant failed to act upon serious issues in time. And as news arouse about the tech giant’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftechcrunch.com\u002F2019\u002F10\u002F28\u002Ffacebook-unveils-its-first-foray-into-personal-digital-healthcare-tools\u002F?guccounter=1\" target=\"_blank\">Preventive Health tool\u003C\u002Fa> and is said to be \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fastcompany.com\u002F90606044\u002Ffacebook-health-tracker-wearable\" target=\"_blank\">building its own wearable\u003C\u002Fa>, we can’t NOT connect the dots and realise how Facebook is slowly stepping into healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So we looked around what its relation is to healthcare. Does it handle private health data and if so, how exactly? Does it allow the dissemination of insane, health-related fake news? How does it fare in community building and how does it offer its own tools for health issues? Let’s see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F073_facebook-768x432.gif\" alt=\"facebook in healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-23195\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F073_facebook-768x432.gif 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F073_facebook-370x208.gif 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F073_facebook-1536x864.gif 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F073_facebook-2048x1152.gif 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F073_facebook-512x288.gif 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Sharing intimate health data? Not cool.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Apps outside the Facebook ecosystem “\u003Cem>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2019\u002F2\u002F22\u002F18236398\u002Ffacebook-mobile-apps-data-sharing-ads-health-fitness-privacy-violation\" target=\"_blank\">can and do willingly share data\u003C\u002Fa> with the company to make it easier to reach existing and new users”\u003C\u002Fem> (and their friends) on the platform through ads. \u003Cstrong>A \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fyou-give-apps-sensitive-personal-information-then-they-tell-facebook-11550851636?mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal report\u003C\u002Fa> found that that’s especially troubling in the case of health and fitness apps. These could be sharing anything from menstruation cycles through food allergies to blood pressure data. Quite popular health apps take part in the practice.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Take for example period and fertility tracker, \u003Ca href=\"Flo%20Period%20Tracker\">Flo Health\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2019\u002F2\u002F22\u002F18236398\u002Ffacebook-mobile-apps-data-sharing-ads-health-fitness-privacy-violation\">Facebook can match\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2019\u002F2\u002F22\u002F18236398\u002Ffacebook-mobile-apps-data-sharing-ads-health-fitness-privacy-violation\" target=\"_blank\"> information\u003C\u002Fa> it collects from the app to real profiles. These users can be targeted by ads presenting products for expecting mothers and new parents. Another company involved is a meditation tool, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbreethe.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Breethe\u003C\u002Fa>, which \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2019\u002F2\u002F22\u002F18236398\u002Ffacebook-mobile-apps-data-sharing-ads-health-fitness-privacy-violation\" target=\"_blank\">recognised its mistake\u003C\u002Fa> regarding the issue. What the most troubling thing is that none of the apps, at least the 11 out of the 70 that The Wall Street Journal examined, bothered to notify users about the data-sharing tool through privacy policies or terms of service. Neither did Facebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In every single instance, but especially in the case of sensitive health information, \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>users have the right to know who collects their data and for what purposes\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong> and companies should support them accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Spreading anti-vaxx messages? Not cool.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Cracking down on fake health news? Cool.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Unsurprisingly, Facebook is a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nbcnews.com\u002Ftech\u002Ftech-news\u002Ffacebook-health-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\">hotbed for misleading\u003C\u002Fa> or outright false information – and that’s also true in the case of healthcare. So much so that \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Ffacebook-vaccine-covid-misinformation-social-media-nytimes-report-2021-7\" target=\"_blank\">the company has no idea\u003C\u002Fa> how much misinformation is spreading on the site.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Researchers at \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fhealthfeedback.org\u002Fthe-most-popular-health-articles-of-2018-a-scientific-credibility-review\u002F#Review1\" target=\"_blank\">Health Feedback\u003C\u002Fa>, a network of scientists dedicated to reviewing media coverage of health and medical news, published their findings on the accuracy of the most popular health articles. They found that out of the ten most-shared health-related articles, seven contained misleading or false information – with the most popular piece, “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fhealthfeedback.org\u002Fevaluation\u002Fmost-popular-health-article-2018-promoting-cannabis-safety-biased-and-misleading\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Study Finds Marijuana 100 Times Less Toxic Than Alcohol, Safer than Tobacco\u003C\u002Fa>.” The experts added that\u003Cstrong> Facebook proved to be the largest source of inaccurate articles, accounting for 96 percent of the shares of the examined stories\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This was the case before the pandemic – and you can guess it only went wilder. In August 2021, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2021-08-18\u002Ffacebook-removed-20-million-pieces-of-covid-19-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\">the company said\u003C\u002Fa> it removed over 20 million posts with COVID misinformation from Facebook and Instagram. The issue is so big that even President Joe Biden raised his voice about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Joe Biden on social media vaccine disinformation: They're killing people\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FJS6Aw-hM190?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Facebook (along with other social channels like TikTok and Reddit) has a continuous problem halting health misinformation. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2021\u002F8\u002F27\u002F22644579\u002Ftiktok-reddit-facebook-ivermectin-covid-19-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\">The ongoing issue on Ivermectin\u003C\u002Fa> is a clear sign that these platforms have no idea how to stop what they started. Ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug for veterinary use gained its momentum among anti-vaccination groups and individuals, is believed to cure COVID-19. Despite the fact that practically every single scientist, organisation and health professional has denied this, groups on social media keep on pushing for the opposite, and platforms seem powerless against the rapid spread of medical misinformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Maintaining patient communities? Cool.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are still corners of Facebook working around its original purpose: connecting people. \u003Cstrong>The platform serves many patients as a virtual support group, people who may feel lonely and isolated while battling a severe disease. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wegohealth.com\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F09\u002Ffacebook-for-patient-engagement\u002F\">Patients use Facebook to learn from patient leaders\u003C\u002Fa> who have already been through what they are going through\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Many look to their patient peers for an unfiltered account of what a particular medical procedure is really like, or to get an idea of what kind of side effects to expect from a new medication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Melissa Adams VanHouten, an advocate for patients with gastroparesis, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmm-online.com\u002Fhome\u002Fchannel\u002Fmedia-news\u002Fthe-status-of-online-health-communities-post-cambridge-analytica\u002F\">manages a private Facebook group with more than 21,000 members\u003C\u002Fa>. After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, she \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmm-online.com\u002Fhome\u002Fchannel\u002Fmedia-news\u002Fthe-status-of-online-health-communities-post-cambridge-analytica\u002F\">told Medical Marketing & Media\u003C\u002Fa> that some people suggested relocating the group to another site, but that idea was quickly dismissed. The main reason was that she found no other community site that equals the flexibility and options Facebook offers. That might also be the explanation of why \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmm-online.com\u002Fhome\u002Fchannel\u002Fmedia-news\u002Fthe-status-of-online-health-communities-post-cambridge-analytica\u002F\">the majority of patient communities didn’t experience the expected “digital exodus”\u003C\u002Fa> amidst the sequel of Facebook scandals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A mother of four with congenital glaucoma created the support community \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Fmommieswithguides\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Mommies with Guides\u003C\u002Fa> after finally meeting another blind mom for the first time. Their encounter led to a group of now about 2,400 parents supporting each other:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mommies with Guides - Facebook App - Community Voices\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FAwhjnMyktUs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>A tool promoting blood donation? Almost cool.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2017, the social media giant launched the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fabout.fb.com\u002Fnews\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F100-million-people-signed-up-for-blood-donation-notifications\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Blood Donations tool\u003C\u002Fa>, whereby people in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan could find opportunities to donate nearby. \u003Cstrong>People who visit Blood Donations on Facebook can also sign up to be a blood donor to get notified directly when there is a need for blood nearby.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, the tool’s person-to-person format is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Ffacebook-blood-donation-tool-india-blood-black-maket-2018-9\">ringing alarm bells\u003C\u002Fa> among experts and professionals, who say that it’s too easy to abuse the service, leaving vulnerable people at risk of paying extraordinarily high prices and receiving tainted blood, among other issues. Public health officials in India were calling for Facebook to make changes to the blood donation tool, warning that the tech project — although well-meaning — risks fueling a dangerous black market for blood and harming the country’s fragile blood collection system. The Facebook Blood Donations feature is now available in 37 countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002FWBDD_Donations-Feature-Coutnry-Map-768x484.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35929\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002FWBDD_Donations-Feature-Coutnry-Map-768x484.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002FWBDD_Donations-Feature-Coutnry-Map.png 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Facebook Blood Donations\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Suicide prevention through A.I. and reviewers? Cool.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For years, the company has allowed users to report\nsuicidal content, which was sent to in-house reviewers. They evaluate the\nreport and decide whether a person should be offered support from a suicide\nprevention hotline or, in extreme cases, have Facebook’s law enforcement\nresponse team intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The social network \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2018\u002F12\u002F31\u002Ftechnology\u002Ffacebook-suicide-screening-algorithm.html\">ramped up these efforts\u003C\u002Fa> after several people live-streamed their suicides on Facebook Live in early 2017. \u003Cstrong>About a year ago, Facebook even added artificial intelligence-based technology that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnewsroom.fb.com\u002Fnews\u002F2017\u002F03\u002Fbuilding-a-safer-community-with-new-suicide-prevention-tools\u002F\">automatically flags posts\u003C\u002Fa> with expressions of suicidal thoughts for the company’s human reviewers to analyse. Thus, the company now leverages both algorithms and user reports to flag possible suicide threats.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Facebook says the enhanced program is indicating 20 times more cases of suicidal thoughts for content reviewers, and twice as many people are receiving Facebook’s suicide prevention support materials. However, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2018\u002F12\u002F31\u002Ftechnology\u002Ffacebook-suicide-screening-algorithm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mental health experts said\u003C\u002Fa> the social media giant’s calls to the police could also cause harm – for example unintentionally precipitating suicide, compelling nonsuicidal people to undergo psychiatric evaluations, or prompting arrests or shootings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Where is Facebook in healthcare?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>VR – \u003C\u002Fstrong>Facebook spent billions of dollars to buy Oculus Rift in 2014. The VR device (with the catch that it can only be used with a Facebook account) is heading towards mixed reality with its \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnet.com\u002Ftech\u002Fcomputing\u002Ffacebooks-oculus-quest-2-is-starting-to-experiment-with-blending-the-real-world-with-vr\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Oculus Quest 2\u003C\u002Fa>. Not directly a health tool, but it’s used best in fitness games. Another step into this world will be \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F9\u002F16\u002F21439929\u002Ffacebook-ar-smart-glasses-ray-ban-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook’s smart glass\u003C\u002Fa>, some cooperation with Ray-Ban. \u003Cstrong>? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A.I. in medical imaging\u003C\u002Fstrong> – The company’s A.I. branch, the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fai.facebook.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) group\u003C\u002Fa> has a number of projects from computer vision to COVID forecasting. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealthcare-in-europe.com\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Ffacebook-ai-accelerates-mri-exams.html\" target=\"_blank\">FAIR has been working with\u003C\u002Fa> the NYU School of Medicine’s radiology department to significantly reduce magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan time with artificial intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Pop-up vaccine clinics\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Now why would an online tech company have vaccination clinics if it has no further plans in healthcare? It might be towards a greater goal in building health-related trust, but Facebook is doing good: the company’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fabout.fb.com\u002Fnews\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Fbringing-covid-19-vaccines-to-underserved-communities-in-the-us\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">pop-up vaccination clinics\u003C\u002Fa> help bring COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities in the US.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Smartwatch\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Facebook has already been rumoured to build its own wearable, and it seems the company is reaching the end of that development. This summer \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffacebook-said-be-building-consumer-smartwatch-health-and-wellness-features\" target=\"_blank\">news broke\u003C\u002Fa> that Facebook is building an Android smartwatch with health and wellness features. The main draw would be Facebook’s services for messaging and other social features, but with the company’s reputation with data handling, its success is at least questionable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Social media\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Indeed, social media’s core role has returned! During the pandemic, Facebook and the other channels provided a much-needed link between people, from support groups to health tips. Facebook’s WhatsApp played important role in governmental communication as well, where \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fcovid-19-shined-light-new-opportunities-public-health-social-media\">20% of the people have signed up\u003C\u002Fa> for their local governments’ real-time WhatsApp messages. The \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.socialmediatoday.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffacebook-partners-with-technology-and-healthcare-providers-to-improve-key-h\u002F601649\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">social network also takes part\u003C\u002Fa> in the ‘Alliance for Advancing Health Online’, in order to improve messaging about health and addressing vaccine hesitancy, and ensuring vaccine equity among underserved communities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Facebook hasn’t seemed to understand so far how important data privacy is to its users – or rather doesn’t want to give up its privileges to mine and sell the enormous data aggregated on its servers. That’s the reason why people are rather suspicious when hearing \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Ftechnology\u002F2018\u002Fapr\u002F05\u002Ffacebook-medical-research-data-sharing\">about news that for example Facebook was discussing sharing user data with medical institutions\u003C\u002Fa> and think that they might rather end up in a dystopian Black Mirror episode than being hopeful for getting customised care with knowledge about patients’ lifestyles and their medical needs.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Facebook stands at that cross-road, exactly. Either to become a social media\u002Fpublishing company that could help connect people in meaningful ways and bring humanity towards a better future, or not considering social, political and healthcare impacts and utterly failing to live up to the expectations. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Data privacy scandals, help in rigging elections, spreading fake news: Facebook has some tough months behind it and users are not happy with the social media giant’s performance. However, Mark Zuckerberg’s company does not only have a political and social impact, but it’s also quite relevant in healthcare. We looked around what does Facebook in healthcare currently and evaluated whether those are viable ways to follow in the future. \u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,35905,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,32],511,799,[34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45],246,1258,271,275,289,410,425,450,717,134,234,1236,[],[],[49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60],2935,3489,1571,6095,1583,1683,1693,1723,1883,2027,2407,2877,[62,14,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81],"post-23180","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bioethics","category-security-privacy","tag-future","tag-mark-zuckerberg","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-innovation","tag-social-media","tag-technology-2","tag-vr","tag-fake-news","tag-ai","tag-facebook-2","tag-smart-healthcare",{"id":24,"alt_text":27,"caption":27,"description":83,"media_type":84,"media_details":85,"post":5,"source_url":118},"Facebook in healthcare","image",{"width":86,"height":87,"file":88,"sizes":89,"image_meta":116},1920,1080,"2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01.png",{"medium":90,"large":96,"thumbnail":101,"medium_large":105,"1536x1536":106,"2048x2048":111},{"file":91,"width":92,"height":93,"mime-type":94,"source_url":95},"tmf_article_289-01-370x208.png","370","208","image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-370x208.png",{"file":97,"width":98,"height":99,"mime-type":94,"source_url":100},"tmf_article_289-01-768x432.png","768","432","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-768x432.png",{"file":102,"width":103,"height":103,"mime-type":94,"source_url":104},"tmf_article_289-01-150x150.png","150","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-150x150.png",{"file":97,"width":98,"height":99,"mime-type":94,"source_url":100},{"file":107,"width":108,"height":109,"mime-type":94,"source_url":110},"tmf_article_289-01-1536x864.png","1536","864","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-1536x864.png",{"file":112,"width":113,"height":114,"mime-type":94,"source_url":115},"tmf_article_289-01-2048x1152.png","2048","1152","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-2048x1152.png",{"aperture":117,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":117,"copyright":27,"focal_length":117,"iso":117,"shutter_speed":117,"title":27,"orientation":117},"0","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01.png",{"related_posts":20,"related_posts_footer":120,"subtitle":27,"cta_type":124,"cta_color":27,"related_books":125},[121,122,123],21197,13843,17664,"subscribe",[126,127],24763,24761,{"yoast_wpseo_title":129,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":130,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"Is There A Place For Facebook In Healthcare? 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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Mark Zuckerberg’s testimonial in front of US lawmakers not only marks the significance of the data privacy scandal around Cambridge Analytica and Facebook but also shows how partially policy-makers understand the operation of that social media platform. If their notion about such a massive part of the technology world is so incomplete, what can we expect when artificial intelligence, bioterrorism, robotic arms, exoskeletons or other elements of digital health will be put on the table?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The importance of being the regulator the tech world needs\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Mark Zuckerberg faced a two-day congressional hearing – one before the Senate and another before the House of Representatives – in mid-April in response to the revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a British data-mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, harvested personal information from more than 87 million Facebook users – \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.dailymail.co.uk\u002Fsciencetech\u002Farticle-5604277\u002FMark-Zuckerberg-admits-personal-data-given-Cambridge-Analytica.html\">among them Mark Zuckerberg’s\u003C\u002Fa> – in an attempt to influence the results of the US presidential elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The issues at hand are of paramount importance. Users, regulators, and policymakers should know what Facebook knows about them, whether there is any discrepancy between what Facebook says it knows and the actual amount of data it gathers; and what Facebook lets advertisers do with the harvested information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Zuckerberg appeared before the deputies for the first time, which also signifies the gravity of the events. And not just the fact that regulators show their interest in the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal is essential, but also the way the US lawmakers will handle the case might determine many other possibly similar instances. And might also have implications for the entire technology universe. However, that’s where the problems begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17665\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffacebook-privacy-scandal-congress-washington-usa-10-apr-2018.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-17665\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffacebook-privacy-scandal-congress-washington-usa-10-apr-2018.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffacebook-privacy-scandal-congress-washington-usa-10-apr-2018-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffacebook-privacy-scandal-congress-washington-usa-10-apr-2018-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffacebook-privacy-scandal-congress-washington-usa-10-apr-2018-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffacebook-privacy-scandal-congress-washington-usa-10-apr-2018-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andrew Harnik\u002FAP\u002FREX\u002FShutterstock (9622942o)\u003Cbr>Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election\u003Cbr>Facebook Privacy Scandal Congress, Washington, USA – 10 Apr 2018\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How well do policy-makers understand technology?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>„Almost feel bad for Zuckerberg. There’s no way he left that room full of old people without having to set up their WiFi”, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FStephenAtHome\u002Fstatus\u002F983874810370510849\">tweeted Stephen Colbert\u003C\u002Fa> after the Congressional Hearing on 10 April. Many people joked around Twitter about the phenomenon how the older generation has less to do with technology than the youngsters – and there was a visible age gap between members of Congress and the Facebook CEO, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That would not have been a problem if the questions of members of Congress had shown evident competence. Even though there were some members of the Senate as well as the House of Representatives who asked relevant questions and displayed their knowledge and interest, unfortunately, the main takeaway from the congressional hearings was that politicians understand little of how the tech world works. Sometimes, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2018\u002F4\u002F11\u002F17224184\u002Ffacebook-mark-zuckerberg-congress-senators\">when questions like the one about how Facebook can sustain itself when it offers their services for free popped up online after the hearing\u003C\u002Fa>, it was difficult to decide whether it is just a meme or someone indeed asked Zuckerberg that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After having followed the congressional hearing, The Medical Futurist has a well-founded fear that if politicians and lawmakers have so much trouble with the data management issues of a social media site (and make no mistake here, we are aware that it is a complicated topic), how will they regulate digital health issues? \u003Cstrong>How will they deal with artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality or healthcare apps?\u003C\u002Fstrong> How will they handle topics where human lives are at stake?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17666\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fzuckerberg-testifies.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-17666\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fzuckerberg-testifies.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fzuckerberg-testifies-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fzuckerberg-testifies-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fzuckerberg-testifies-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fzuckerberg-testifies-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) speaks with Senator John Thune (C), R-SD, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R), R-IA following a joint hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill April 10, 2018, in Washington, DC.(AFP Photo)\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What will policy-makers and politicians make of \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fscience-fiction-prepares-you-for-dream-worlds-and-ethical-apocalypses\u002F\">\u003Cstrong>sci-fi-like healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cstrong>?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How could we expect policy-makers to make the best decisions when it comes to complex ethical issues regarding the 3D printing of synthetic tissues, autonomous surgical robots or the use of artificial intelligence in diagnostics when they tend to react \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theatlantic.com\u002Ftechnology\u002Farchive\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fthe-strangest-moments-from-the-zuckerberg-testimony\u002F557672\u002F?utm_source=atlfb\">with such simplistic views to Facebook\u003C\u002Fa>? How will they deal \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhy-people-should-not-fear-digital-health\u002F\">with fears about digital technologies in healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Take the example of nanotechnology. In the future, patients will swallow tiny cameras and pills containing microchips for checking whether they took the medication. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the FDA, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F14\u002Fhealth\u002Ffda-digital-pill-abilify\u002Findex.html\">granted a green light for the first pill with a digital ingestion tracking system in 2017\u003C\u002Fa>. Biometric tattoos such as VivaLNK’s eSkin Tattoo can transmit medical information discreetly. RFID or Radio Frequency Identification chips can be implanted under the skin and serve as an identification device. Very soon, patients and doctors will need clear guidance and protection so that the tools will not harm them – neither regarding harvesting their data or their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Look at the possibilities of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdisruptive-technologies-bioterrorism\u002F\">bioterrorism\u003C\u002Fa>. A \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.theregister.co.uk\u002F2011\u002F10\u002F27\u002Ffatal_insulin_pump_attack\u002F\">researcher from the McAfee tech company demonstrated\u003C\u002Fa> at a conference in Miami how insulin pumps might be hacked to deliver fatal doses to diabetes patients. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002F2015\u002F11\u002Fmedical-devices-that-are-vulnerable-to-life-threatening-hacks\u002F#slide-1\">Security threats are prevalent\u003C\u002Fa> in the case of X-ray systems, blood refrigeration units, CT scanning equipment, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) or implantable neurological devices. Where are the regulatory guarantees, the necessary controls – or the possible sanctions for wrong-doers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvideo-game-inspired-prosthetic-technology-for-amputee.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-17667\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvideo-game-inspired-prosthetic-technology-for-amputee.jpg 658w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvideo-game-inspired-prosthetic-technology-for-amputee-512x342.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvideo-game-inspired-prosthetic-technology-for-amputee-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Policy-makers should watch and read science fiction\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These issues are already here, although it would be beneficial to look a bit further ahead; and consider what might happen when healthy people wish to change their completely healthy hand for a bionic one – because that could enrich their lives more. Or when people start to experiment with DIY CRISPR methods. Oh, wait, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fscience\u002Faudio\u002F2017\u002Fdec\u002F20\u002Fdiy-crispr-biohacking-your-own-genome-science-weekly-podcast\">that’s already happening\u003C\u002Fa>, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In an ideal world, policy-makers are ahead of people and show the way forward. In a perfect world, they are not caught up in the daily shenanigans of politics, but concentrate on policy and have the greater good in front of their eyes. But even if they are not there, they should at least try their best to catch up. In that case, or in any case for that matter, The Medical Futurist recommends them to watch and read science fiction. 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