News Commentary | November 26, 2019
Imagine having a Google search engine, but for healthcare providers. Sounds like something we should have had ages ago, but the reality is that data silos are a huge barrier to enabling better interoperability and collaboration in healthcare. Despite this development, the recent revelation of Google... To read more, click here.
News Commentary | December 04, 2019
This system not only allows doctors to dictate into the system, but it can also passively be set to monitor doctor‑patient interactions. Google has also been innovating in this space, launching its own EHR documentation tool that aims to make it easier for doctors to search for a variety of metrics ... Not part of subscription
Case Study | December 18, 2019
Modern voice assistants rely on massive amounts of data to train the machine learning models that power their speech recognition and natural language understanding features. Given the heated race between tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Apple to develop the most capable voice assistants, there's... Not part of subscription
by Danielle Bradnan
Under the guise of a (me-too) contact tracing app for COVID-19, this partnership will change the consumer relationship with personal healthcare data. The first proposed API rollout will allow both tech giants to access EHRs that were previously siloed via partnerships, giving them access to an enormous volume of development data. The second rollout, the tracing app itself, will set a precedent for individuals to use their data to achieve a meaningful personal goal – ultimately planting a flag on the idea that healthcare data belongs to the consumer. This partnership is a watershed moment for data access and will set a precedent for determining what privacy and healthcare data ownership means in the modern digital health landscape.
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