Google's NHS deal does not bode well for the future of data-sharing Privacy concerns enable companies to avoid the scrutiny that is crucial to reaping public benefits from patient data
Data-sharing has become a new front line in battles over privacy in healthcare, raising crucial questions about the ways in which information about patients is shared within and between the public and private sectors.
Given that this is not “patient data” but “patients’ data”, handling large personal private datasets is a highly delicate issue. The manner in which they are shared should be subject to the scrutiny of those whose data is exchanged, and how this is done should be a matter for open public debate. Continue reading... The Guardian
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