Google’s Secret ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans

wsj.com ^ | 11/11/19 | Rob Copeland

[ransomnote]

Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed

Google is engaged with one of the country’s largest health-care systems to collect and crunch the detailed personal health information of millions of Americans across 21 states.

The initiative, code-named “Project Nightingale,” appears to be the largest in a series of efforts by Silicon Valley giants to gain access to personal health data and establish a toehold in the massive health-care industry. Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are also aggressively pushing into health care, though they haven’t yet struck deals of this scope.

Google began the effort in secret last year with St. Louis-based Ascension, the second-largest health system in the U.S., with the data sharing accelerating since summer, the documents show.

The data involved in Project Nightingale encompasses lab results, doctor diagnoses and hospitalization records, among other categories, and amounts to a complete health history, including patient names and dates of birth.

Neither patients nor doctors have been notified. At least 150 Google employees already have access to much of the data on tens of millions of patients, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents.
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[bagster]

Health care systems have health care records? It’s Armageddon, I tells ya.

Google is a health care system?

Who knew?

[setter]

I was looking for some photos for my Mustang restoration’
‘Google had maybe 150 of a particular subject I was looking for.

Bing had 6

[humblegunner]

Google is a health care system?

Google is ALL THINGS to EVERYONE.

Who knew?

Me.
And some anons.

Anons knew.

[reformedliberal]

...some photos for my Mustang restoration’
‘Google had maybe 150 of a particular subject I was looking for.

Bing had 6
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Bing is microsoft. I use StartPage because it piggy backs on goog but eliminates the personal tracking.

However, that said, goog is the best for people searches and for translation & conversion services.

If we minimize goog usage, that is a start.