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Hospitals should act now to notify patients about research use of their data and biospecimens

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Private industry is increasingly soliciting hospitals to sell or share health data and biospecimens, but current laws offer more disclosure and consent protections for research participants than for patients receiving… Click to show full abstract

Private industry is increasingly soliciting hospitals to sell or share health data and biospecimens, but current laws offer more disclosure and consent protections for research participants than for patients receiving clinical care. Hospitals can offer more protections than required by law, however, and should move toward greater transparency with their patients about the research use of clinical health data and biospecimens to respect patients and avoid distrust.

Keywords: research use; research; patients research; data biospecimens; act notify; hospitals act

Journal Title: Nature Medicine
Year Published: 2020

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