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Single payer healthcare here (UK) is still subject to privacy controls in a way which would make it very difficult to do that. (Also our health system's IT is
by Earw0rm 3y ago
Single payer healthcare here (UK) is still subject to privacy controls in a way which would make it very difficult to do that.
(Also our health system's IT is a hellscape, but one reason for that is that people would literally rather not have a working system at all, than one with less than impeccable privacy controls.
Personally I'd gladly sacrifice a fair bit of medical privacy in return for giving scientists greater insight into disease processes, but the average citizen here wants advanced healthcare without giving their data to research scientists. /facepalm )
- spookie 3y agoI trust the scientists, the problem isn't them. Look at the whole abortion data scandal in the U.S.
- Earw0rm 3y agoThe problem there is the US' insane theocrat-conservatives (or just misogynist assholes hiding behind a thin veneer of religious justification, as the case may be). I'm not saying a health IT system should have no privacy controls either. But the requirements for such controls need to be balanced against having a system that actually works, and that means having some people who actually understand the tech, and the workings of hospitals, having a role in requirements conversations. Instead it was dominated by MPs, "patient advocacy" groups and privacy campaigners, none of whom know or care anything about how to build a workable system.