Google has access to detailed health records on tens of millions of Americans

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Google has been quietly gathering detailed health record information on millions of Americans without informing patients and doctors.

First reported by the Wall Street Journal, Google’s “Project Nightingale” program gathered data that included “lab results, doctor diagnoses and hospitalization records, among other categories, and amounts to a complete health history, complete with patient names and dates of birth.”
 
The publication adds that as many as 150 Google employees may have had access to the data and that some could have downloaded it.
 
Google attained the information through last year’s partnership with Ascension, the country’s second-largest healthcare system. The Catholic, non-profit has more than 34,000 providers across 21 states and the District of Columbia.
 
Google is using the data to create software that utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning that can make care suggestions for patients. Forbes writes that as part of the project, Ascension moved patient records to Google’s cloud servers, and a search product allowed healthcare providers to see an “overview page” about their patients.

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