How businesses turned health records from GE into a lucrative asset

STAT spent months investigating how a constellation of businesses plotted to take patient data and turn it into a far more valuable asset. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Sponsored by      How a complex web of businesses turned private health records from GE into a lucrative portrait of patients By Casey Ross Molly Ferguson for STAT A monthslong STAT investigation shows how Quintiles and a constellation of other businesses took a GE Healthcare database and turned it into a far more valuable picture of the patients whose secrets it held. Read More Sponsor content by cvs health Standing with America’s pharmacists Our pharmacies have been on the frontlines and played a key role in our public health system for decades, and the scale of the pandemic response from our pharmacists and their teams was made possible by temporary federal authority. Now it’s time to permanently advance and codify those policies in Congress. Congress: Our pharmacists and their teams stood ready to support us during the pandemic. Let’s now support them in their continued mission to deliver increased access to care. More great reads from STAT this week As reports of ‘Paxlovid rebound’ increase, Covid researchers scramble for answers By Jason Mast Viruses that were on hiatus during Covid are back — and behaving in unexpected ways By Helen Branswell Buffalo shooting ignites a debate over the role of genetics researchers in white supremacist ideology By Megan Molteni Warning signs ahead of monkeypox outbreak went unheeded, experts say By Helen Branswell Proton cancer centers continue to proliferate, despite shaky benefits and checkered financiers By Tara Bannow and Bob Herman Coronavirus hasn’t developed resistance to Paxlovid. How long can that last? By Jason Mast Listen: The double standard of discipline between nurses and physicians By Patrick Skerrett Opinion: The often-overlooked connection between traumatic brain injury and domestic violence By Cecille Joan Avila Saturday, May 28, 2022       1 Exchange Pl, Suite 201, Boston, MA 02109 ©2022, All Rights Reserved. I no longer wish to receive STAT emails Update Email Preferences | Contact Us | View In Browser