How sharing data can make us healthier

The potential benefits of data sharing in healthcare are often discussed. In a piece for Digital Health, David Hancock, healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems, explores why he thinks data sharing can enhance the quality of healthcare.

In August 2021, researchers from the University of Oxford unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) programme that can diagnose heart disease within 15 minutes. Normally, the job would take a team of doctors several hours. By slashing diagnosis time and freeing doctors to work on other tasks, the technology has the potential to cut waiting lists in half within a relatively short time.

This is just one example of how AI has the potential to radically improve healthcare and all our lives. In...