Anonymous writes: When I learned that Google was acquiring the intimate medical records of 50 million patients, I couldn’t stay silent I didn’t decide to blow the whistle on Google’s deal, known internally as the Nightingale Project, glibly. The decision came to me slowly, creeping on me through my day-to-day [Read More…]
Rob Copeland and Sarah E. Needleman report: Google’s project with the country’s second-largest health system to collect detailed health information on 50 million American patients sparked a federal inquiry and criticism from patients and lawmakers. The data on patients of St. Louis-based Ascension were until recently scattered across 40 data centers in [Read More…]
Jenn Schanz reports: When a woman went to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak for treatment after a sexual assault, she never thought her personal medical information would end up on social media. “I felt so betrayed. I felt the lowest I ever felt in my life,” said the woman, who [Read More…]
Rob Copeland reports: Google is teaming with one of the country’s largest health-care systems on a secret project to collect and crunch the detailed personal health information of millions of Americans across 21 states, according to people familiar with the matter and internal documents. The initiative, code-named “Project Nightingale,” appears [Read More…]