Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno report: As Japan rapidly ages, it is envisioning fundamental changes, even in infrastructure. Is electronic surveillance an answer to its epidemic of dementia? ITAMI, Japan — In his early 70s, Koji Uchida began to vanish. The first time, the police found him sitting in front of a vending machine 17…
Category: Healthcare
Power in Data: Value Against Privacy
Matt Fisher writes: ….. A recent expose from Stat News on the MarketScan database is throwing more light onto the issue. Reading the full article is highly recommended. For a brief summary though, the database began to be compiled in the early 1980s with the aim of giving companies more insight into healthcare use to enable…
How a decades-old database became a hugely profitable dossier on the health of 270 million Americans
Casey Ross reports: To most Americans, the name MarketScan means nothing. But most Americans mean everything to MarketScan. As a repository of sensitive patient information, the company’s databases churn silently behind the scenes of their medical care, scooping up their most guarded secrets: the diseases they have, the drugs they’re taking, the places their bodies…
Tamil Nadu Private Hospitals Access Covid Patients Details, Probe Ordered
IANS reports: The Tamil Nadu Public Health Department has commenced inquiry into complaints from several districts of the state that private hospitals are accessing the details of Covid-19 positive patients, officials said. The department has deputed its district-level officers to conduct inquiries in respective districts after several complaints were received in this regard. In Salem,…