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Basically, he's saying that it's too heavily regulated for them to want to dip their toe in. Seems reasonable, it's the same reason I never bothered with the healthcare ideas I've been interested in. Too many landmines, and not enough latitude to try creative things.
The whole mining data on health has so many wonderful possibilities, but giving so much of my privacy it's a big no for me.
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"Heavy regulation" doesn't just include HIPAA.
True, but that was the one specifically mentioned in the article so I figured I'd address it.
And I say that as a doctor.
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The regulations more exist to keep you from getting people discriminated against. I mean, yes, we don't want folks to die. Nor do we want folks making bad decisions based on information they don't understand. However, to say that it is just "people could die" ignores the fact that they have technology entering in vehicles and whatnot.
The first time a Google car crashes and Google lawyers have to sit across from a now paralyzed child on the witness stand, Google will quickly think twice about the Vehicle market. This was a huge problem we faced in Automotive. All big automotive companies are VERY cautious about safety, to what would seem like absurd levels.
Then buy Theranos.
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The whole mining data on health has so many wonderful possibilities, but giving so much of my privacy it's a big no for me.
Interesting. Is that an absolute position, or would you be more willing if the benefits (longevity, better health) were more apparent?
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The whole mining data on health has so many wonderful possibilities, but giving so much of my privacy it's a big no for me.
The data would be anonymised. No one would be connecting your records to _you._
The page isn't loading, but I assume it's referencing their response to the question about healthcare asked in this session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdnp_7atZ0M
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The whole mining data on health has so many wonderful possibilities, but giving so much of my privacy it's a big no for me.
The data would be anonymised. No one would be connecting your records to _you._
It was bad enough with Netflix recommendations getting de-anonymized; imagine what could happen with actual health records leaked.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/your-secrets-live...