This Seems To Me To Be A Bit Of Health Data Exploitation Overreach – To Say The Least!

This appeared a little while ago and really amazed me …..Government is 'running too fast,' warns one criticDespite privacy concerns, Israel to put nation’s medical database onlineGovernment hopes research and commercial use of info will provide $600b. injection to digital health sector; PM stresses that 'consent of each and every person' will be re quiredBy Shoshanna Solomon 25 March 2018, 5:57 pm 4 The Israeli government on Sunday approved a National Digital Health plan, which, despite mounting privacy concerns, plans to create a digital database of the medical files of some 9 million residents and make them available to researchers and enterprises. The government has vowed to protect the privacy of individuals and is touting the NIS 1 billion ($287 million) program as a huge boon to the medical research industry. But critics pointed to risks of a massive breach in patient confidentiality and urged the government to slow down. To promote the initiative, Israel will unify the... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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