We Need to Do More with Hospitals’ Data, But There Are Better Ways
Health systems are hoping to leverage the know-how of tech titans to unlock the potential of their treasure troves of data.
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Read more: Exploring Elder Care Robotics: Voice Assistants and Home Hubs Exploring Elder Care Robotics: Voice Assistants and Home Hubs
By Adriana Krasniansky This article is part of a four-part series that researches how robotics are being developed for aging care and investigates their ethical implications. In our first article, we explored emotional companion robots, which soothe and comfort patients experiencing loneliness, depression, or diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Today, we look at voice assistants and…
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Read more: Patient-Directed Uses vs. The Platform Patient-Directed Uses vs. The Platform
By Adrian Gropper, MD This post originally appeared on The Health Care Blog. This piece is part of the series “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? Privacy? Both?” which explores whether it’s possible to advance interoperability while maintaining privacy. Check out other pieces in the series here. It’s 2023. Alice, a patient at Ascension Seton Medical…
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Read more: The Right Lesson from the Google-Ascension Patient Privacy Story The Right Lesson from the Google-Ascension Patient Privacy Story
By I. Glenn Cohen As has been well reported in the media, there is a controversy brewing over nonprofit hospital chain Ascension sharing millions of patient records with Google for their project codenamed “Nightingale.” (very Batman, if you ask me!) Most of the discussion so far, and the answers have not yet become pellucid, concerns whether…
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Read more: Reviewing Health Announcements at Google, Facebook, and Apple Reviewing Health Announcements at Google, Facebook, and Apple
By Adriana Krasniansky Over the past several days, technology players Google, Apple, and Facebook have each reported health-related business news. In this blog post, we examine their announcements and identify emerging ethical questions in the digital health space. On Nov. 1, Google announced plans to acquire smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion in 2020, subject…
