Paul Mozur, Raymond Zhong and Aaron Krolik report: As China encourages people to return to work despite the coronavirus outbreak, it has begun a bold mass experiment in using data to regulate citizens’ lives — by requiring them to use software on their smartphones that dictates whether they should be quarantined or allowed into subways,…
Category: Healthcare
After their data sharing was exposed by a Consumer Reports investigation, GoodRx promised to improve their data privacy
Thomas Germain of Consumer Reports recently wrote report on GoodRx, a program to help people get discounts on their prescription medications. The headline, “GoodRx Saves Money on Meds—It Also Shares Data With Google, Facebook, and Others.” pretty much captured the heart of Consumer Report’s concerns and findings. Caught out publicly, GoodRx reportedly responded and CR…
This immigration policy violates sacred patient-doctor confidentiality
David M. Perry writes: When violence forces people to flee their homes and cross borders legally or illegally, seeking asylum or other forms of refuge in a peaceful place, they carry their traumas with them. That’s certainly true for many of the Central American immigrants who have tried to emigrate to the United States over…
More Data Please! The Challenges of Applying Health Information Privacy Laws to the Development of Artificial Intelligence
Adam H. Greene of Davis Wright Tremaine writes: Artificial intelligence (AI)1 has become part of our daily lives, from greeting us in the morning through smart home devices, creating shopping lists, playing music, setting timers, and alerting us of a traffic jam on our expected route home. AI offers substantial potential benefits for health care. AI…