Forbes November 11, 2019
Google is testing a service that would use its search and artificial intelligence technology to analyze patient records for Ascension, the largest nonprofit health system in the U.S., according to documents about the efforts reviewed by Forbes. Called “‘Nightingale,” the Google-Ascension project indicates that Google’s push into health analysis is farther along than previously believed, even as the company has faced a growing backlash over health-related privacy concerns.
Ascension said that all its work with Google complies with privacy law and is “underpinned by a robust data security and protection effort.” Google did not respond to a request for comment. The Wall Street Journal first published details of the Ascension partnership earlier on Monday.
The project, in the works...
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