Over time, patients end up providing a wealth of information to their healthcare providers, and when all our data are aggregated, they are also a boon to researchers studying trends in diseases and demographics for clues in how to better treat illness. And nowadays, as more patient healthcare records go digital , patient information becomes more widely shared among researchers--which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending upon who has access to it. [More]
"Researchers aim to prevent identity theft from medical records
Researchers aim to prevent identity theft from medical records: "
