BIG DATA

BIG DATA – opportunities AND RISKS
Scenarios
Health, Clinical
Diagnostics
Many experts say that the collection and analysis of patients’ data will
fundamentally change and improve medical research leading to the development
of new andimproved treatments, and thus help thousands of
patients, while others see risks and potential disadvantages for individuals.
How comfortable are you with the following scenarios? Imagine your
health data is to be shared with other companies, such as insurance
companies, gyms and other health and lifestyle institutions.
To what extent are you comfortable
with the following scenarios?
very comfortable comfortable neutral uncomfortable it should not be allowed
Large amounts of people’s health data should be collected and analysed on an anonymous basis
by health institutions, […], to enable improvements in the detection and treatment of diseases.
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You would give these institutions access to your health data as long as it
is amalgamated, anonymised and only used for statistical/research purposes.
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You would give these institutions access to your health data and
trust that they would store and use it appropriately.
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You would give these institutions permission to store and analyse your data as personal
and identifiable data as this could help to cure a disease you or others might have.
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