The use of personal health information outside the circle of care: consent preferences of patients from an academic health care institution.

Journal: BMC medical ethics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Immense volumes of personal health information (PHI) are required to realize the anticipated benefits of artificial intelligence in clinical medicine. To maintain public trust in medical research, consent policies must evolve to reflect contemporary patient preferences.

Authors

  • Sarah Tosoni
    Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Indu Voruganti
    Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Katherine Lajkosz
    Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Flavio Habal
    Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Patricia Murphy
    Department of Anaesthesia, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Rebecca K S Wong
    Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Donald Willison
    Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Carl Virtanen
    University Health Network Digital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Ann Heesters
    Department of Bioethics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Fei-fei Liu