From sharing too little patient information to sharing too much, the battles for healthcare data ownership and patients’ rights to privacy continue to unfold. For recent examples, read further on Epic urging its customers to oppose HHS rules for data sharing citing concerns for patient privacy, and the HHS-led Google-Ascension Data Privacy probe for project Nightingale https://lnkd.in/gaGMwuy that uses machine learning and AI-driven analytics to monitor patient health and improve care.
With the on-going revolution in data collection technologies through wearables and electronic systems leading to dramatic increases in the amount of patient information that is easier to analyze and put to patient benefit, the field is clearly in need for more regulation and business models enabling win-win solutions for patients, healthcare providers, as well entities enabling data insights.