WHAT IS PROJECT NIGHTINGALE ALL ABOUT?

Who:

 Ascension- one of the biggest medical databases in the world

 Google

What: Project Nightingale

 Partnership deal between Google and Ascension

 Transmission of health data records from Ascension to Google Cloud
 Google will securely handle the data of patients under privacy measures
 150 google employees has access to the data
 Both companies have signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabilty Act (HIPAA)
agreement

When:

 Partnership began in 2018, but it was publicly announced on November 2019

Where: Over 21 states of USA

Why: (note: parang goals nila to hehe)

 To optimize patient care, health and system through the use of technology and information
 To integrate tools such as machine learning and artificial intelligence
Ex: Emergent Medical Data (EMD)- google will predict or determine the condition of the person
even though they are not visiting a doctor
 To establish health records that are more searchable, accessible and useful

SOME PROBLEMS WITH PROJECT NIGHTINGALE

 Lack of information to doctors and patients

 Lack of Regulations
 Ethical issues
 Transparency
 Privacy and Security
 Issues of consent
IN THE POWERPOINT…

 Project nightingale is a partnership deal between Google and Ascencion revealed on Novemeber
2019 which affects over 21 states of USA that allows the transmission of health data records
from Ascension to Google Cloud
 Its goal is to optimize patient care, health and system through the use of technology and
information, integrate tools, and establish health records that are more efficient to healthcare
professionals
 Several problems arise from this such as insufficient information to doctors and patients, lack of
regulations and ethical issues