A Chicago medical school allegedly violated federal and state health laws by selling patient data to Alphabet Inc.'s Google to develop artificial intelligence products, according to an amended lawsuit in Illinois federal court.
The University of Chicago Medical Center sold patient records to Google so it could develop new products instead of using them for research, plaintiff Matt Dinerstein alleged Oct. 3. Dinerstein, seeking to represent a proposed class, claims the alleged actions violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as well as Illinois medical privacy, health record, and consumer protection laws, because patients didn’t consent to share their ...
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