Google is working on a top secret project to gathers millions of Americans' health data across 21 states including lab tests and diagnoses - but patients and doctors have not been told about it
Google has teamed up with Ascension, a leading healthcare services company, for Project Nightingale
Already, around 150 Google employees have accessed people's health data
They are able to see diagnoses, test results and hospitalization records
They are striving to use the data to inform design on a new, AI-led product
It will 'zero in' on patients to allow them to make easy changes to their care
Google said the project is totally compliant with laws, which allow for people's medical data to be shared without them knowing
By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:16 EST, 11 November 2019 | Updated: 16:08 EST, 11 November 2019
Google has been working on a top secret project with a leading healthcare company to gather millions of Americans' health data without them knowing it.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Monday that the company has teamed up with Ascension, the second largest healthcare services company in the country, for a project that was being code-named Nightingale.
Within hours of the Journal's report, the two companies announced the collaboration in a press release where they revealed that Ascension's data will move onto Google's Cloud platform.
Google will now have access to patients' test results, diagnoses and hospitalizations to give them a full digital health history.
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