Jessica Kim Cohen reports that CCPA’s impact on hospitals is not totally clear at this point, and some hospitals will be exempt because they are not-for-profit. Here’s a snippet from her report: Only large, investor-owned hospitals will fall under its purview, according to Lois Richardson, the California Hospital Association’s vice president and legal counsel. But…
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Healthcare in the AI Crosshairs
Adam H. Greene and Lyra Correa of Davis Wright Tremaine write: News broke last month that Google partnered with the second-largest health system in the U.S., Ascension Healthcare, to collect and analyze the health information of millions of patients in a program code-named “Project Nightingale.” Under Project Nightingale, Ascension transfers its patients’ health information, including…
Patient data from GP surgeries sold to US companies
Toby Helm reports: Data about millions of NHS patients has been sold to US and other international pharmaceutical companies for research, the Observer has learned, raising new fears about America’s growing ambitions to access lucrative parts of the health service after Brexit. US drugs giants, including Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Eli Lilly, have paid the Department of Health and…
Nebula Genomics Offers Anonymous Sequencing to Increase Privacy and Transparency in Genetic Testing
Dava Stewart reports: Nebula Genomics is introducing a new model for genetic sequencing that emphasizes privacy and consumer ownership of data. It does this by allowing customers to anonymously submit their DNA and pay for sequencing without including any personally identifiable information. In a twist that will interest medical laboratory professionals, Nebula is using blockchain as part of this gene…