What medical data are we collecting?

  • hospitals - medical conditions
  • doctors - medical history
  • researchers - specific hypothesized causes of specific conditions
  • data exhaust - fitbit, phone
    • data exhaust - inferring from non-medical data

    Where does it come from?

    • data exhaust
    • hospitals
    • doctors
    • research

    How is it protected?

    • private - HIPPA
    • data exhaust is mostly public
      • you agreed to this! coerced agreement

    How is it used?

    • medical history used to determine trends
    • according to what you consented to
    • secondary use
      • consenting to all kinds of uses when data is collected generally
      • policies for this? so you can consent to this

    What are the concerns for privacy?

    • biased hiring?
    • biased insurance costs?
    • sharing within specific groups
    • what if researchers shared?
      • secondary use - bias - assumptions being made
        • burden for researchers
      • used against particular communities
      • comfort level
    • individual rights to protection

    What are the benefits to sharing?

    • more data, better understanding of disease and correlates
      • cure disease!
      • understanding of effective medication
      • collected data or data exhaust
    • help people with your information - more benefit, same cost
    • depends on how sharing is done
    • collective benefit