Health Data Dilemmas: Ethical Benefits and Risks: (Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation)

Claudia Pagliari

Health Data Dilemmas: Ethical Benefits and Risks: (Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation)

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Abstract

In this Open Access video Dr Claudia Pagliari discusses some of the ways in which data about our health is being collected and utilised, the benefits and risks this can bring for individuals and society, and the ethical dilemmas this presents. For example, health data may be used to inform better clinical decisions, understand the spread of disease in populations, spot drug side-effects, or target services to those who most need them. But it can also be highly sensitive, may predict other aspects of our lives, is vulnerable to misuse in the wrong hands and can be politically controversial. Claudia discusses the critical importance of public trust and good governance for enabling the responsible use of health data, and highlights a range of associated issues, including the rise of commercial data brokers, the challenge of 'anonymisation', how scientific timelines can make it difficult to demonstrate public benefit, and the influence of social inequalities on the 'digital privacy divide'. While the video mainly focuses on the use of data generated when we interact with healthcare institutions, Claudia points out that data about our health and wellbeing is also being captured from the 'exhaust trails' we leave behind when using digital tools and services in our daily lives, which may be harder to monitor and regulate.

Original language	English
Publisher	The University of Edinburgh
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 19 Dec 2019

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Data Ethics
Digital Health
Medical Informatics
eHealth
Digital Ethics
Data Science
Bioethics
Big Data

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1 Finished

The role of Good- Governance and the Rule of Law in Building Trust in Data-Driven Responses to Public Health Emergencies
Pagliari, C.
1/02/21 → 1/12/21
Project: Research

How the digital healthcare revolution leaves the most vulnerable behind
Ali, O., Pagliari, C., Dalgarno, E. & Verma, A., 21 Dec 2023, In: Journal of public health (Oxford, England). 45, Suppl 1, p. i2-i4 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference
Calleja, N., Abdallah, A., Abad, N., Ahmed, N., Albarracin, D., Altieri, E., Anoko, J. N., Arcos, R., Azlan, A. A., Bayer, J., Bechmann, A., Bezbaruah, S., Briand, S. C., Brooks, I., Bucci, L. M., Burzo, S., Czerniak, C., De Domenico, M., Dunn, A. G., Ecker, U. K. H., & 52 othersEspinosa, L., Francois, C., Gradon, K., Gruzd, A., Gülgün, B. S., Haydarov, R., Hurley, C., Astuti, S. I., Ishizumi, A., Johnson, N., Johnson Restrepo, D., Kajimoto, M., Koyuncu, A., Kulkarni, S., Lamichhane, J., Lewis, R., Mahajan, A., Mandil, A., Mcaweeney, E., Messer, M., Moy, W., Ndumbi Ngamala, P., Nguyen, T., Nunn, M., Omer, S. B., Pagliari, C., Patel, P., Phuong, L., Prybylski, D., Rashidian, A., Rempel, E., Rubinelli, S., Sacco, P., Schneider, A., Shu, K., Smith, M., Sufehmi, H., Tangcharoensathien, V., Terry, R., Thacker, N., Trewinnard, T., Turner, S., Tworek, H., Uakkas, S., Vraga, E., Wardle, C., Wasserman, H., Wilhelm, E., Würz, A., Yau, B., Zhou, L. & Purnat, T. D., 15 Sept 2021, In: JMIR Infodemiology. 1, 1, p. e30979
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
How the digital healthcare revolution leaves the most vulnerable behind
Ali, O., Dalgarno, E., Pagliari, C. & Verma, A., 1 Aug 2021, Policy@Manchester.
Research output: Other contribution

Open Access

The many faces of inequality in a digitised world: thoughts on deprivation devices, data, deception, disruption and dialogue.
Claudia Pagliari (Invited speaker)
11 May 2022
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Balancing Hype and Reality in Medical AI. What Evidence-Based Medicine has to offer for a useful, sustainable and fair digital health future
Claudia Pagliari (Invited speaker)
25 Sept 2021
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Vaccine passports, digital identity and the global implications of health data sharing
Claudia Pagliari (Invited speaker) & Phil Booth (Invited speaker)
10 May 2021
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

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Health Data Dilemmas: Ethical Benefits and Risks: (Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation)

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Projects

The role of Good- Governance and the Rule of Law in Building Trust in Data-Driven Responses to Public Health Emergencies

Research output

How the digital healthcare revolution leaves the most vulnerable behind

A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference

How the digital healthcare revolution leaves the most vulnerable behind

Activities

The many faces of inequality in a digitised world: thoughts on deprivation devices, data, deception, disruption and dialogue.

Balancing Hype and Reality in Medical AI. What Evidence-Based Medicine has to offer for a useful, sustainable and fair digital health future

Vaccine passports, digital identity and the global implications of health data sharing

Cite this