I just don't understand how Google, as a server and storage provider for any EMR, could use the data themselves for anything. Because HIPAA. Yes, it's possibl

I just don't understand how Google, as a server and storage provider for any EMR, could use the data themselves for anything. Because HIPAA. Yes, it's possible to anonymize patient data for use in research. But the anonymizing techniques are subject to review by the researcher's Institutional Review Board. They review the purpose of each study, the use of the data, and the ways the study preserves patient confidentiality. Institutional Review Boards are responsible for ethical scrutiny of research involving human subjects. Informed consent, safety, etc. As long as HIPAA is intact, I'm not sure any panic about misuse of patient data is justified, by any cloud provider. That being said, systems like Cerner and EPIC definitely serve the interests of fee-for-service medical providers. Read this article by Atul Gawande. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-ha...