Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/fac...ed-data-sharing-agreement-with-hospitals.html

 

[Saltynuts]

Well that seems totally legit...

 

[JSOP]

Well that seems totally legit...

How can it be legit? Your medical data/records are supposed to be COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL and should be released to NO ONE NOT even your mother without your express consent and authorization. This must be a investigative experiment to see how much abuse of patient confidentiality exists.

 

[Saltynuts]

How can it be legit? Your medical data/records are supposed to be COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL and should be released to NO ONE NOT even your mother without your express consent and authorization. This must be a investigative experiment to see how much abuse of patient confidentiality exists.

I might have been being a little sarcastic mate.

 

[JSOP]

I might have been being a little sarcastic mate.

Oh sorry.

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/fac...ed-data-sharing-agreement-with-hospitals.html

• Sounds like BS to me.
• Fake News.

 

[zdreg]

How can it be legit? Your medical data/records are supposed to be COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL and should be released to NO ONE NOT even your mother without your express consent and authorization. This must be a investigative experiment to see how much abuse of patient confidentiality exists.

like your response the patient may be comatose,

 

[JSOP]

like your response the patient may be comatose,

Still would need the consent and authorization from whoever the patient has given his/her POA to or his/her next of kin.