Alex Hern reports: Google’s DeepMind has hit back at criticism of its partnership with London’s Royal Free hospital to develop an app that helps doctors and nurses rapidly identify and treat acute kidney injuries. DeepMind’s co-founder, Mustafa Suleyman, said the company was better placed than any other to handle sensitive medical data, given its long…
Category: Healthcare
Sharp Grossmont Drug Surveillance Captured Videos Of Female Patients Undergoing Surgery
Cheryl Clark reports: When Sharp Grossmont Hospital officials realized anesthesia drugs were disappearing from surgery carts, they turned to video surveillance to catch those responsible. In the process, they also captured many images of women undergoing surgery. The video surveillance has raised questions about patient privacy and how well the hospital managed its storage of…
Google’s NHS deal does not bode well for the future of data-sharing
Neil Lawrence writes: Data-sharing has become a new front line in battles over privacy in healthcare, raising crucial questions about the ways in which information about patients is shared within and between the public and private sectors. Given that this is not “patient data” but “patients’ data”, handling large personal private datasets is a highly…
Canadian legion admits accessing government files on veterans without their consent
David Pugliese reports: Some employees of the Royal Canadian Legion accessed the confidential files of Canadian veterans held by the federal government without the veterans’ consent. The Privacy Commissioner is investigating one complaint about unauthorized access, but the legion has acknowledged additional incidents. Such files contain the medical and, in some cases, financial details of…