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He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

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He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

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Google strikes deal with HCA Healthcare to mine patient records to develop algorithms

Friday, May 28, 2021

Categories: ASCF News Emerging Threats

Patient information is protected under federal health-privacy law, which allows hospitals and some other healthcare companies, such as health insurers, to share information with contractors that must also abide by the law’s privacy protections. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and national hospital chain HCA Healthcare Inc. have struck a deal to develop healthcare algorithms using patient records, the latest foray by a tech giant into the $3 trillion healthcare sector.

Nashville, Tenn.–based HCA HCA, +0.48%, which operates across about 2,000 locations in 21 states, would consolidate and store with Google data from digital health records and internet-connected medical devices under the multiyear agreement. Google and HCA engineers will work to develop algorithms to help improve operating efficiency, monitor patients and guide doctors’ decisions, according to the companies.

“Data are spun off of every patient in real time,” said Dr. Jonathan Perlin, HCA’s chief medical officer. “Part of what we’re building is a central nervous system to help interpret the various signals.”

The deal expands Google’s GOOGL, +0.31% GOOG, 0.68% reach in healthcare, where the recent shift to digital records has created an explosion of data and a new market for technology giants and startups. Data crunching offers the opportunity to develop new treatments and improve patient safety, but algorithm-development deals between hospitals and tech companies have also raised privacy alarms.

Google has previously reached deals with other prominent U.S. hospital systems, including St. Louis–based Ascension, that granted access to personal patient information, drawing public scrutiny.

An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com.

Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-strikes-deal-with-hca-healthcare-to-mine-patient-records-to-develop-algorithms-11622062563?mod=hp_minor_pos19

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