More than a million people opted out of NHS data-sharing in one month in a huge backlash against government plans to make patient data available to private companies, the Observer has revealed. Under the scheme, GP health data for everyone in England, with identities partially removed, would be made available to researchers and companies for …
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It is inevitable that Artificial Intelligence gets embedded into pretty much every machine and system we interact with. The benefits of systems that use every bit of available data and that learn from experience are as significant as electrically powered devices were in the last century. Yet the impacts and risks of A.I. on individuals …
“Michele Loi is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Zurich. He argues that proponents of privacy should not put privacy above health – else risk sliding into irrelevance. [..] The second risk for privacy is paradoxical: it follows from having “too much respect” for privacy itself. If our concern with privacy prevents urgent political action …
The Center analyzed the perspectives of 1,000 U.S. adults in August 2019 regarding 25 issues concerning health care and digital technology. Key findings were: 80% of people believe access to health care is a basic right available to all citizens regardless of ability to pay, an opinion shared by most Americans — even those who …
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Fortune asked 25 of the sharpest minds to weigh in on the epic, disruptive, thrilling, terrifying, and fascinating ideas that will mold the next decade. The future is now. #8. The 31st human right should be to own your medical data. There is a fundamental lack of trust between consumers and corporations. The relationship is …
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“Some of the UK’s most popular health websites are sharing people’s sensitive data — including medical symptoms, diagnoses, drug names and menstrual and fertility information — with dozens of companies around the world, ranging from ad-targeting giants such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Oracle, to lesser-known data-brokers and adtech firms like Scorecard and OpenX. Using …
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The HHS says EHR vendors and providers have been hoarding patient information to maintain their competitive edge, but not all experts agree. In April of 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made headline news by sending a report to Congress entitled: Report on Health Information Blocking.1 The report, which was compiled by …
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