BMJ July 16, 2019
As the NHS explores the potential impact of AI on healthcare provision we should be wary of the revolving door between Big Tech companies and the NHS, says Paul Tiffin
At the start of the year, Juliet Bauer, chief digital officer for NHS England, announced that she was joining LIVI, an independent provider of remote primary care advice. Months earlier, Michael Macdonnell, NHS England’s national director of Transforming Health Systems, declared he was leaving his role to join DeepMind Health, a subsidiary of Google. When NHS leaders join the private sector they take with them valuable insights into how Big Tech can access Europe’s largest single health market. The traffic goes both ways. Nicola Blackwood, who lost her Oxford parliamentary...
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