Industry sector: Health Care
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Overview
Despite continued technical advances in the health and life sciences industry, current global standards for personal health data, medical imaging and other information are not aligned with IEEE standards for ethical design and value-based design for intelligent systems. Current standards governing patient data and medical image files do not stipulate full patient rights for full control of use, sharing, and access of their personal medical imaging data and associated information. Further, current global standards do not stipulate protection of core values of the medical profession, including protection of the professional fiduciary relationship between physicians and patients, and the ability of the patient and/or caregivers to manage their patient identity and corresponding health information in a decentralized fashion.
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