DeepMind, the Google-owned AI company, has an agreement with the Royal Free NHS Trust that gives it access to healthcare data on 1.6 million patients who visit three London hospitals. The agreement includes access to five years of historical data.
The company is building an application to help monitor patients with kidney disease.
While it will be interesting to see what DeepMind can produce with such comprehensive data, the National Health Service sharing identifiable healthcare information with a commercial entity is sure to raise privacy concerns.
