Connected objects are now increasingly favored by hospitals and individuals to share data relating to activity such as heart rate, which can be monitored with theWatch,although this method still remains subject to improvement depending on emergencies. Doctors are therefore increasingly accustomed to seeing clients who already have the data necessary for an examination.
The problem is that the industry which manufactures professional solutions worth several thousand euros sold in clinics rather sees this progress unfavorably. Indeed, Epic Systems, which for example develops software centralizing the DMP* of around 2.5% of the planet's citizens, thinks that this type of device is... Aprivacy riskof our data.
Government in the loop
TheJanuary 27at 3:00 p.m. (local time), Apple will therefore discuss better solutions for the accessibility and sharing of medical information with the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The exchanges promise serious debates, as relations between the Trump administration and the iPhone manufacturer are tense.
Appleis indeed regularly singled out by the American authorities for its anti-competitive behavior hidden by a position resolutely in favor of the protection of private life. Ironic, when we know that it is precisely this argument that is advocated by Old World companies to avoid being overtaken by Silicon Valley firms.who have on the contrary grasped the importance of this digital transition.
*DMP = shared medical record
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