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For the people defending Google, can someone explain a 'positive' take on making this arrangement completely in the dark? As far as I know other companies worki
by lalos 7y ago
For the people defending Google, can someone explain a 'positive' take on making this arrangement completely in the dark? As far as I know other companies working on healthcare make big announcements on their partnerships (see https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apple-announces-three-groundbreaking-health-studies/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apple-announces-three...). Meanwhile, this is uncovered by an exclusive leak to WSJ. Why are they hiding it? Competitive advantage or they are aware of the dubiousness of them doing this sort of moves? Anyways, I hope we get a better message from Google than "Google spokeswoman said the project is fully compliant with federal health law and includes robust protections for patient data. An Ascension spokesman had no immediate comment".
- sukilot 7y agoApple's product is launched commercially. Google's alleged product is still in the research phase. Neither company touts its research projects that aren't out in public yet. Google's launched healthcare products are here: https://cloud.google.com/solutions/healthcare/ https://cloud.google.com/solutions/healthcare/ It's hard to say what's going on in the WSJ article, since it has no details.
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- triceratops 7y agoThere are a million reasons not to make an announcement until a later stage. Here's just one: if they announce, and end up not releasing anything (for whatever reason) people will cynically point to it as another example of something promising killed by Google.
- patagonia 7y ago“cynically”?
- blueboo 7y agoEh? It's obvious: this is a pilot project where PII is screened out.
- Figs 7y agoThe article very clearly says: > The data involved in the initiative encompasses lab results, doctor diagnoses and hospitalization records, among other categories, and amounts to a complete health history, including patient names and dates of birth.
- blueboo 7y agoAnonymized PII involves names, yep. TYL.
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