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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biocybern Biomed Eng. 2019 Aug 12;39(3):825–842. doi: 10.1016/j.bbe.2019.07.006

Table 5 –

Health data markets.

Secondary data systems (institution gets paid in exchange for data)
Healthverity
Seller Businesses who have data from patients and want to license it to others
Consumer Pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, payers, retail pharmacy, service providers, researchers
Data types Medical claims, prescriptions, EMR, lab results, genomics, lab results, genomics, devices
Currency USD
The health exchange market
Seller Businesses who have data from patients and want to license it to others
Consumer Pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, payers, retail pharmacy, service providers, researchers
Data types Admin and billing, allergies, diagnosis, immunizations, lab and test results, medical histories, medications, patient demographics, progress notes, radiology images, vital signs
Currency USD
Gig economy systems (subject gets rewarded for data)
Healthwizz
Seller Mobile user who generates the data
Consumer Physicians, personal trainer, researchers
Data types Wearables, lab reports, doctor and hospital visits, data from other fitness and health apps
Currency HealthCoins cryptocurrency
Coverus
Seller Mobile user who generates the data
Consumer Health researchers, advertisers
Data types Personal profile, physical, prescription, fitness data
Currency CoverCoin cryptocurrency
Longenesis
Seller Patients and users who generate the data
Consumer researchers and service providers
Data types CT scans, MRIs, hair composition, high resolution pictures, transcriptome, genome, epigenome, clinical history, blood tests, urine tests, social networks feed, microbiome, electroencephalogram, electrocardiogram, video, voice
Currency LifePound cryptocurrency