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Ben Waugh

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  • The Google-Ascension venture may shine a light on the misunderstood issue of data sharing in the healthcare industry. People underestimate how many companies have access to medical data. Healthcare providers have to share this data with a large number of companies on a day-to-day basis to provide a person with care. When you go to a hospital or medical practice and you sign all those forms, you are signing away permission to share your data with a wide range of companies. The news isn't that Google is doing this. It's just how much of this data is being shared today.

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    'Nightingale Project' to Turn Over Millions of Medical Records to Google
    A venture between Google and Ascension, one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States, will give the tech giant access to the sensitive medical information of as many as 50 million patients in 21 states. Its venture with Google, called "The Nightingale Project," would enable it to improve the experience of patients, consumers, providers and associates, Ascension said.
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