Use of Google's DeepMind questioned for U.K. healthcare

The deal between Google and the U.K. National Health Service was profiled by Digital Journal last November. The agreement centered on plans to develop a platform capable of sharing patient data with the aim of improving patient outcomes. This was by providing information about medical conditions with the aid of artificial intelligence. A secondary aim was to reduce the amount of paperwork by digitizing patient records. One aspect of the project involve sharing some million patient records, provided by London's Royal Free Hospital, with DeepMind.