The New(ish) Architecture of Consumer Health and Artificial Intelligence (opens in new tab)

Using online tools to seek health information is not new and consumers have long used health and wellness wearables and apps to share medical information for holistic health experiences, often with beneficial outcomes. Where downloading medical records is still a frustrating or limited experience, policy and technical architectures have emerged to facilitate consumer-directed health information-seeking. What is new is the underlying health data architecture utilized by AI tools and LLMs. This...