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Finding a Healthier Approach to Managing Medical Data

By Samuel Greengard
Communications of the ACM, May 2018, Vol. 61 No. 5, Pages 31-33
10.1145/3193759
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One of the formidable challenges healthcare providers face is putting medical data to maximum use. Somewhere between the quest to unlock the mysteries of medicine and design better treatments, therapies, and procedures, lies the real world of applying data and protecting patient privacy.

"Today, there are many barriers to putting data to work in the most effective way possible," observes Drew Harris, director of health policy and population health at Thomas Jefferson University's College of Population Health in Philadelphia, PA. "The goals of protecting patients and finding answers are frequently at odds."

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