We will hear from japanese epidemics at the center for strategic and international studies. Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. I am mike green and a professor at georgetown, we are delighted to have all of you join us in discussion over the next two hours with four of japans rising academic thinkers on Foreign Policy and economic affairs. This is the seventh cohort we have invited under a program called strategic japan. Eight years ago we discussed with the Prime Ministers Office how to expand Strategic Thinking dialogue, planning between the us and japan. One thing to think about which was new for japan was the need to go beyond the traditional bureaucratic sources and to tap into the growing expertise among japans academic experts on issues that affect foreignpolicy and to bring more academics into the tent in japan and expand the dialogue with the us and to make sure japanese scholars who are making an impact in japan are sharing their ideas with the us, getting reactions and re
Certain data but according to the 1996 law which established how that information is shared it has to be for a medical function in other words christie you go to see your doctor she gives you a referral to see another doctor and then your doctor send your data your file over to that doctor because theres a reason for them to have that i see no reason in the world where someone would be able to use that dict of that information from that law to then say well were going to share with google which has nothing the hell to do with medicine so thats the real problem here this information is sacrosanct and its being shared with a company which shares and collects data but then legally wise they are structured as a business associate sanction is structured as a business associate to google does a Technology Provider that is assisting doctors with the information so theyre an independent party so that is the claim that there are no and i get that but the but the point is and i think that you ma
Google had partnered with extension healthcare the 2nd Largest Health care provider in the nation to gather and process data on tens of millions of americans just one day after a u. S. Federal regulator in sniff she did an investigation into the deal the office for civil rights in the department of health and Human Services is going to look into the Data Collection and whether or not it violates hipaa laws these are federal laws that protect the identity of medical patients and their information now as a reminder except that health care operates 2600 hospitals and hundreds of doctors offices which means that about 150 google engineers have access to very specific Health Information on about 50000000 americans across 21 states prior to this agreement with google which launched in july of 2018 extension had its digital records spread across 40 data centers but lets be very clear about this google is not taking over the medical records. Google is uploading these tens of millions of indivi
The news with Rick Sanchez Rick sanchez who is also the founder of a managed care company in south florida that that was recently listed as the Fastest Growing Health Care Company in america by magazine and were also joined from new york by global regulatory attorney Myles Edwards we kick up the conversation by asking mr edwards how this is compliant with hipaa laws. Which does fit in the hip are laws and whats really interesting about this situation is the u. S. Government is investigating them but its a health and Human Services Civil Rights Division which is investigating them specifically to determine whether this information will be used to make insurance determinations that is when you apply for an insurance policy will something that occurred in your background influenced that decision though in my opinion what youre building is what i call a life style index which is where they take your medical records and integrate it with all the other. Information google has ever collected
To follow up with what we know to rebut the big question has to be whether or not consent plays a role here exactly so right thats the other big issue here and thats the other issue of a company like a google having access to so many records and connected social Media Health Care history fitness all of these patients so are we looking at a potential future where Insurance Companies can access and these data and analytics and determine whether or not people can get coverage or deny claims well lets try and make this a simple as we can for everybody whos trying to understand what is incumbent upon us as a doctor or a provider when it comes to medical records thats the data that we collect from the patients yes doctors or doctors offices are allowed to share certain data but according to the 1996 law which established how that information is shared it has to be for a medical function in other words christie you go to see your doctor she gives you. A referral to see another doctor and then