▲ 109 ▼ Palantir to be granted ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data (www.digitalhealth.net) submitted 5 months ago by mc900ftJesus@lemy.lol to c/world 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data while working on its FDP.
[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) The article glaringly lacks saying why permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago The NHS has a wealth of data which makes conducting studies across large population groups possible. For example Dexamethasone as a treatment for COVID was identified thanks to having access to a medical history and outcome data across the NHS. Even so there has not historically been a unified data storage solution as information is split between GPs and individual hospital trusts. Previous attempts to have a single system failed due to complexity and cost overruns. The current solution is the federated data platform (FDP): https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/nhs-federated-data-platform/ which attempts to interoperate with multiple primary data sources to help clinicians access patient records as well as help with resource and service planning. I assume the Palentir system is involved with providing some sort of AI insights into that data store. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago The NHS has a wealth of data which makes conducting studies across large population groups possible. For example Dexamethasone as a treatment for COVID was identified thanks to having access to a medical history and outcome data across the NHS. Even so there has not historically been a unified data storage solution as information is split between GPs and individual hospital trusts. Previous attempts to have a single system failed due to complexity and cost overruns. The current solution is the federated data platform (FDP): https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/nhs-federated-data-platform/ which attempts to interoperate with multiple primary data sources to help clinicians access patient records as well as help with resource and service planning. I assume the Palentir system is involved with providing some sort of AI insights into that data store. permalink fedilink source parent