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The big health data sale
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201642917
Subject(s) - internet privacy , big data , anonymity , business , ehealth , health care , public relations , personally identifiable information , political science , law , computer science , operating system
The trading of personal medical and health data will drastically increase given the boon of mobile devices used to monitor health, and the interest large internet companies have in this resource. Legal frameworks need to be adapted and upgraded to protect patient privacy and consent, and to ensure the quality of individual health data for research.