[bgandrew]

Actually, a real shame is a total lack of really big (millions of records) data sets on pretty much anything medical. And this is of course due to our love with privacy. Probably millions of people died too soon because of that, and many more will follow in the future.

[TuringNYC]

I'd agree that millions suffer due to a lack of care, or a lack of affordable care, or a lack of early diagnosis.

I'd disagree this is due to privacy. IMHO it is due to conflicts of interest in major medical systems (certainly in the US) where incentives are skewed away from efficiency towards more billing.