Concerns raised over broad scope of DeepMind-NHS health data-sharing deal

Concerns have been raised about the scope of a data-sharing agreement between Google-owned DeepMind and the UK's National Health Service (NHS) after it was revealed the agreement covers access to all patient data from the three London hospitals involved, rather than a more targeted subset of data relating to the specific medical condition the healthcare app in question (Streams) is focused on. Back in February DeepMind announced a collaboration with the NHS to build an app for clinicians treating kidney disease. The company also acquired an existing early stage clinical task management app, called Hark, built by a team from Imperial College London -- evidently with the intention of building on that base tech, but giving it a more specific medical focus in the first instance. The Streams app aims to streamline alerts and access to patient data for doctors and nurses working in the front-line of medical care. But it is not a general medical data alerts or messaging platform.