Privacy and artificial intelligence: challenges for protecting health information in a new era.

Journal: BMC medical ethics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Advances in healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) are occurring rapidly and there is a growing discussion about managing its development. Many AI technologies end up owned and controlled by private entities. The nature of the implementation of AI could mean such corporations, clinics and public bodies will have a greater than typical role in obtaining, utilizing and protecting patient health information. This raises privacy issues relating to implementation and data security.

Authors

  • Blake Murdoch
    Health Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H5, Canada. bmurdoch@ualberta.ca.