Anita Allen, professor of law and philosophy, gave a keynote speech at the 2022 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on patient privacy and data sharing. She discussed the changing attitudes towards health data privacy and the emergence of disclosure as the new norm. Allen highlighted the need to balance privacy interests with the push for data sharing, emphasizing that it is a subjective and political assessment. She also questioned the assumptions made about people’s acceptance of the privacy of their health data.
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