Google to use patient data to develop healthcare algorithms
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San Francisco, May 27 : Google has collaborated with the US hospital chain HCA Healthcare to develop healthcare algorithms using patient records, the media reported.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google will have access to patient records from HCA, which operates 181 hospitals and more than 2,000 healthcare sites in 21 states. HCA would consolidate and store with Google data from digital health records and internet-connected medical devices under the multi-year agreement, the report said on Wednesday.
Google will store anonymised data from patient health records and internet-connected medical devices.
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Reports surfaced in 2019 that Google was gathering health information of millions of US citizens without informing them or their doctors to design an Artificial Intelligence-driven software
San Francisco: Google has collaborated with the US hospital chain HCA Healthcare to develop healthcare algorithms using patient records, the media reported. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google will have access to patient records from HCA, which operates 181 hospitals and more than 2,000 healthcare sites in 21 states. HCA would consolidate and store with Google data from digital health records and internet-connected medical devices under the multi-year agreement, the report said on Wednesday.
Smyth described the hackers as cybercriminals gangs, looking for money.
The Minister of State for Public Procurement and eGovernment Ossian Smyth has said that the cyber attack on HSE computer systems is possibly the most significant cybercrime attack on the Irish State. pic.twitter.com/Ec9I0rWB2G RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 14, 2021
On Monday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said on RTÉ s Today with Claire Byrne that Ireland refuses to pay any ransom to the hackers.
Noting that there had been no great evidence yet of any mass dumping of data, the Taoiseach said that “if anybody comes across any data, if you see it, don’t share it… report it to the Gardai.
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