What I Read: phones detect health problems

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2020/2/5/21056921/phones-health-apps-data-digital-phenotyping

Our phones can now detect health problems from Parkinson’s to depression. Is that a good thing?
Digital phenotyping, which can detect patterns from text messages, movements, and even our speech, could transform health care. But is our personal information at stake?
By Lois Parshley Updated Feb 12, 2020, 8:30am EST


“Traditionally, doctors… have had to rely on patients self-reporting their mental health symptoms during office visits. A new wave of apps, however, can monitor patients in real-time…. Ogilvy, for example, used Companion MX’s passive tracking of Katie’s phone to help her find ways of managing her depression…. Ogilvy says this kind of personalized, data-driven health care is “the wave of the future.” But as digital phenotyping moves from proof-of-concept studies and clinical research to Silicon Valley startups, there are still big questions about its potential effects.”