Behind Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’: A Health Data Gold Mine of 50 Million Patients

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The detailed health information of millions of Ascension patients is scattered across 40 data centers in more than a dozen U.S. states. In an ambitious, all-in bet, Google and the nonprofit health system are putting all of that data into the cloud—with potentially big changes on tap for doctors and patients. As part of “Project… Continue reading Behind Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’: A Health Data Gold Mine of 50 Million Patients