thanks for the comment. This would be interesting, but not sure it would have made sense to pack it into one article that is already heavy with data terminology for a lay reader.
Will definitely be looking into healthcare data more, as this story has resulted in some interesting leads
but we don't really have the consent-at-scale technology for anything else, do we? tbh it's just this specific NHS Trust that made the call in this instance.
Personally, I see potential in ResearchKit to solve the consent problem re medical data
Hello. I am one of the authors. We are on the record saying that we want a real debate.
See: http://uk.businessinsider.com/deepmind-royal-free-london-nhs... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/16/googles_deepmind_an... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39301901