Table 1.

Typical primary and secondary uses of health data.

Primary use	Secondary use
Direct care and treatment	Surveillance and continuous monitoring
Disease management	Research and statistics
Medication management	Drug development
Management of physical and social functionality for delaying of their weakening	Public health management
Proactive prediction of patient’s health problems and prevention of diseases	Business application development
Management of patient’s health status	Hindering behaviors not accepted by controllers (or authorities) or by society in general