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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

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These four pillars Susannah, Lisa and I addressed in the context of PLM+UHG are also raised in today’s deal…with some nuances intriguing me around the public’s trust in the tech industry, as well as the nature and mission of a faith-based healthcare organization. health care. health care.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

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To address that challenge, in 2017 PLM secured a $100 million (controlling interest) investment from iCarbonX , a Chinese company that is amassing patient data to discover cures for disease. When this occurred, it didn’t cause more than a ripple of interest outside biotech. But the U.S. citizens’ personal data.

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Most Americans Across Party ID Favor U.S. Government Negotiation to Lower Rx Drug Costs

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The photograph here was taken during the tobacco industry leaders’ testimony to Congress nearly twenty-five years ago, from April 1994, swearing that “nicotine is not addictive.” ” drugs to come to market, understanding this dynamic.