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Algorithms v's Privacy : health information is being sold and turned into ‘risk scores’

Lloyd Price

While the data collection is aimed at helping doctors make more informed decisions on prescribing opioids, it could also lead to blacklisting of some patients and keep them from getting the drugs they need, according to patient advocates. Algorithms predicting health risk are likely “the way of the future,” she said. A bill from Sen.