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[ PRIVACY Forum ] [forwarding] Should hospitals investigate their
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Sun Jul 6 15:14:34 2014
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 11:48:14 -0700
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The blowback potential of this when done without affirmative patient
consent is relatively enormous.
--Lauren--
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Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 12:59:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Subject: [forwarding] Should hospitals investigate their patients? (fwd)
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http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-03/hospitals-are-mining-patients-credit-card-data-to-predict-who-will-get-sick
Imagine getting a call from your doctor if you let your gym membership
lapse, make a habit of buying candy bars at the checkout counter, or
begin shopping at plus-size clothing stores. For patients of Carolinas
HealthCare System, which operates the largest group of medical centers
in North and South Carolina, such a day could be sooner than they
think. Carolinas HealthCare, which runs more than 900 care centers,
including hospitals, nursing homes, doctors' offices, and surgical
centers, has begun plugging consumer data on 2 million people into
algorithms designed to identify high-risk patients so that doctors can
intervene before they get sick. The company purchases the data from
brokers who cull public records, store loyalty program transactions,
and credit card purchases.
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--Lauren--
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