When you choose to share your health data for research through Citizen Health, you help advance medical research and develop better treatments.
What Happens to Your Data?
Your data helps researchers:
Understand disease patterns and progression
Evaluate treatment effectiveness
Design better clinical trials
Answer important questions about care
Support development of new therapies
Your privacy is protected:
All data is de-identified (no name, address, contact info)
Researchers are prohibited from identifying or contacting you All research is required to be done consistent with independent IRB rulings
You can revoke consent and stop sharing for future research at anytime
Who Uses Your Data?
Academic researchers
Pharmaceutical companies
Patient advocacy organizations
All must:
Be done consistent with independent IRB rulings
Sign contracts protecting your privacy
Use data only for approved research
Enable consent:
Profile → Research Consent → Toggle On