The FDA categorizes medical apps that pose risks to patient health and safety have been regulated since 1997. As medical management apps offer the convenience of care at home, some devices have become directly intertwined with patient care. Security concerns come not necessarily from the app itself, but from third parties that are creating the apps that interface with that data. Researchers analyzed the top-rated Android apps for medicine management and found that 19 out of the 24 tested apps shared user data outside of the app. The presence of trackers for advertising and analytics, uses additional data and processing time and could increase the apps vulnerability to security breaches.”]
Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/101/2019/04/managing-security-medical-management-apps/