MedCity News September 7, 2025
In the race to modernize US healthcare, Donald Trump’s new health data-sharing initiative risks giving Big Tech a stranglehold over patient information, and locking out the very startups that fuel innovation.
The proposal, which would allow medical providers and private companies to share patient data more freely, has a laudable aim: to break down long-standing silos and speed the transition to AI-driven healthcare. In principle, that’s good news. Sixty companies have already signed on, including Amazon, Apple, and Google. Under the program, a company like Apple could, in theory, tap into health records and wellness data from other participants, such as weight-loss and fitness service Noom. That could give tech giants unprecedented access to people’s daily habits, what they eat,...
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