Patient data sharing with Google Discussion on medical information handling November 13 14:21
IT giant Google shares the patient's data with a major medical organization and agrees to improve medical services, revealing that the US government will start a survey, handling medical information It seems to call for debate.
Ascension, a major medical organization, announced on August 12 that it has agreed to share patient information with Google, a major IT company, to improve medical services.
According to what the leading media “Wall Street Journal” reported, Google shared patient data for tens of millions of people who Ascension handled, but patients and doctors in the field were not informed.
The sharing of such data is allowed by law, but the US Department of Health and Human Services commented to the media that it would collect information on whether the treatment of personal medical information complies with the law, and conducted a survey. Revealed to start.
In the US, major IT companies such as Facebook, Amazon.com, and Microsoft are embarking on the entry into the healthcare field in order to develop a business to analyze enormous patient data using AI.
This month, the holding company that owns Google has also announced the acquisition of “Fitbit”, a smart watch that can measure the pulse, etc., and has shown high interest in the healthcare field. It is likely to call for a discussion.