Google, Mayo Clinic team up on patient data and AI healthcare research

Google and the Mayo Clinic have signed a decade-long partnership that aims to transform the healthcare institution's uses of patient data, artificial intelligence and cloud-computing services across all its work from care delivery to product development. The deal's roadmap includes Google Cloud serving as the home for all of the Mayo Clinic's data, though the clinic will maintain overarching control of its use and dole out access for individual research efforts. Additionally, Google will open its own office within the clinic's home of Rochester, Minnesota, where the tech giant's engineers will work with Mayo's physicians and scientists to apply advanced computing techniques. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. "Data-driven medical innovation is growing exponentially, and our partnership with Google will help us lead the digital transformation in health care," Mayo's president and CEO, Gianrico Farrugia, said in a statement.