> your doctor gives a few DICOM studies to GE because they are going to concert on modifying the settings on a CT scanner
Is that actually allowed without patient consent?
Is that actually allowed without patient consent?
Not really sure how Google finagled their access? It's odd when neither the doctor, nor the patient knows. I wonder if even the hospital administrators knew? Or is this a decision that was made at the system level and the average hospital CEO at Ascension was none the wiser?
For all you know, you're signing away for an assisted suicide and authorizing your organs to be transplanted. I refuse to sign on the pad, I'm the patient who asks for it to be printed out on paper, signs it, and gets a copy too.
If you are consenting data for a trial or otherwise sharing with a company for development, someone (often paid for separately) will typically come and walk you through the consent form.
This is unusual.