Google had partnered with extension healthcare the 2nd Largest Health care provider in the nation to gather and process data on tens of millions of americans just one day after a u. S. Federal regulator in sniff she did an investigation into the deal the office for civil rights in the department of health and Human Services is going to look into the Data Collection and whether or not it violates hipaa laws these are federal laws that protect the identity of medical patients and their information now as a reminder except that health care operates 2600 hospitals and hundreds of doctors offices which means that about 150 google engineers have access to very specific Health Information on about 50000000 americans across 21 states prior to this agreement with google which launched in july of 2018 extension had its digital records spread across 40 data centers but lets be very clear about this google is not taking over the medical records. Google is uploading these tens of millions of indivi
The news with Rick Sanchez Rick sanchez who is also the founder of a managed care company in south florida that that was recently listed as the Fastest Growing Health Care Company in america by magazine and were also joined from new york by global regulatory attorney Myles Edwards we kick up the conversation by asking mr edwards how this is compliant with hipaa laws. Which does fit in the hip are laws and whats really interesting about this situation is the u. S. Government is investigating them but its a health and Human Services Civil Rights Division which is investigating them specifically to determine whether this information will be used to make insurance determinations that is when you apply for an insurance policy will something that occurred in your background influenced that decision though in my opinion what youre building is what i call a life style index which is where they take your medical records and integrate it with all the other. Information google has ever collected
To follow up with what we know to rebut the big question has to be whether or not consent plays a role here exactly so right thats the other big issue here and thats the other issue of a company like a google having access to so many records and connected social Media Health Care history fitness all of these patients so are we looking at a potential future where Insurance Companies can access and these data and analytics and determine whether or not people can get coverage or deny claims well lets try and make this a simple as we can for everybody whos trying to understand what is incumbent upon us as a doctor or a provider when it comes to medical records thats the data that we collect from the patients yes doctors or doctors offices are allowed to share certain data but according to the 1996 law which established how that information is shared it has to be for a medical function in other words christie you go to see your doctor she gives you. A referral to see another doctor and then
Laws and whats really interesting about the situation is the u. S. Government is investigating them but its a health and Human Services Civil Rights Division which is investigating them specifically to determine whether this information will be used to make insurance to terminations that is when you apply for an insurance policy will something that occurred in your background influence that decision though in my opinion what youre building is what i call a life style index which is where they take your medical records and integrate it with all the other information google has ever collected upon you and determine whether youre a good Insurance Risk or not which is really going beyond what that information was meant for so not only is there a civil rights component to it but theres also a question of did it violate hipaa i say yes no one knew about this situation this project nightingale. Well until a whistle blower within the project basically went ahead and dumped this information on
The records being put into the cloud which already puts them at risk of hacking exposure but to google is collecting these records to build future Business Products how does that fit into hipaa laws. Well it does fit in the hipper laws and whats really interesting about this situation is the u. S. Government is investigating them but its a health and Human Services Civil Rights Division which is investigating them specifically to determine whether this information will be used to make insurance to terminations that is when you apply for an insurance policy will something that occurred in your background influence that decision now in my opinion what theyre building is what i call a life style index which is where they take your medical records and integrate it with all the other information google has ever collected upon you and determine whether youre a good Insurance Risk or not which is really going beyond what that information was meant for so not only is there a civil rights compo