If Google wants to reach its health care goals, it needs to convince health systems like Ascension to give up their patient data and ease patient concerns
Google hopes that one day it might be able to save your life. As the tech giant moves deeper into healthcare … Tweets: @stenderworld , @tomvalletti , @went1955 , @matzkinhealth , @tim , and @financialtimes Tweets: Mathana / @stenderworld : We can't trust Google with *any* of our data (much less our sensitive health data) because it's all just another revenue stream to them. Google makes products & services to increase profits & grow market share, not promote the general welfare of healthcare https://www.ft.com/... Tommaso Valletti / @tomvalletti : This headline must be one of the silliest questions ever asked. Can we ever trust Google with our health data? https://www.ft.com/... Robert Went / @went1955 : Can we ever trust Google with our health data? “There has been a lot of focus on wearables, but I think just as important and maybe even more important is ambient sensors: bedside devices, under-mattress sensors, sensors integrated into toilet seats” https://www.ft.com/... Andrew Matzkin / @matzkinhealth : Can't say I ever expected to be quoted in FT talking about sensor-enabled toilet seats, but here we are. This article is a comprehensive and thoughtful look at Alphabet's future in healthcare, including both Google Health and Verily. https://twitter.com/... Tim Bradshaw / @tim : A story headlined “Can we ever trust Google with our health data?” that also includes the phrase “sensors integrated into toilet seats” https://www.ft.com/... @financialtimes : Google has patented various of what it calls ‘non-invasive health-monitoring devices’, including a toilet seat sensor to measure heart rate and blood pressure, which some might consider invasive https://www.ft.com/...