Hospitals, doctors and insurers all have information about your health. Companies like Apple and UnitedHealth are now racing to help consumers consolidate and manage that data for themselves
Technology and health-care companies are competing to develop new ways for consumers to corral their digital health data, prompting questions about data privacy and control.
Companies such as Apple Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. are rolling out online tools that consumers can use to bring together health information now siloed in the systems of hospitals, doctors and insurers. These personal health records aim to consolidate information like diagnoses and lab results for consumers to access easily via their smartphones or...
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