AI from Google will analyze the histories of millions of UK patients

UK National Health Service (NHS) has given Google Inc. access to confidential information - medical records half a million patients. Available editions of New Scientist proved document, detailing what information about patients fall into the hands DeepMind - Google unit dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence

. DeepMind gets access to patient information, passing through three major London hospital, serviced Royal Free NHS Trust - Barnet, Chase Farm and the Royal Free. The agreement provides access to patient information received over the past five years. Naturally, it will be possible to learn about HIV-positive people, the cases of drug overdose, abortion, and other confidential matters.

DeepMind mentioned in the February announcement that the company's partnership with the NHS will involve the establishment of Streams product, which will allow doctors better monitor patients with kidney disease. But it is clear that the cooperation goes much further. By the way, Google has long been interested in using AI for medical purposes.

According to the letter of the agreement, Google does not be able to use the data in other projects, they will be stored on the server capacity to another company and DeepMind undertakes to remove the copies on the expiration of cooperation in 2017.

Google explains that the data required by the project company Streams - but as the hospital information about patients with kidney disease is not stored separately, they need full access to all information of all patients

. The document also mentions that DeepMind developing another system called Patient Rescue, designed to provide analytics to hospitals - for example, to analyze real-time data to help physicians in making a diagnosis. This is not planned to set up a fully automated system that places diagnoses and prescribe treatment - only aid doctors in the treatment of large volumes of information

. "In the 21st century, medicine is becoming digital, which brings great advantages for patients, - says British minister Life Sciences Freeman George [George Freeman]. - But NHS patients need to know that their data will remain safe and will not be sold or used in bad faith. Therefore, we have introduced a number of severe restrictions, which will ensure the confidentiality of patients. "

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