Ascension St. Vincentโs vaccinates frontline health care workers
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ Hundreds of frontline health care workers at Ascension St. Vincentโs in Riverside received Pfizerโs COVID-19 vaccine Thursday morning. Roughly 500 doses of COVID-19 are being administered to healthcare workers in Ascension St. Vincentโs Hospital and the message on Thursday was one of hope. Ascension St. Vincentโs in Jacksonville is moving forward with Pfizer to vaccinate its front-line staff today. 500 healthcare workers set to get the #CovidVaccine. After getting the first dose of the shot, healthcare workers stayed for 15 minutes for observation.
Google's 'Project Nightingale' center of federal inquiry
(CNN) - A federal inquiry has been opened into Google's efforts to collect health data on millions of Americans through its "Project Nightingale" program. The two companies confirmed they were working together to analyze patient data and give health care providers new insights and suggestions for patient care. The partnership between Google and Ascension will integrate Ascension's different areas of health data in the cloud. Google acknowledged the sensitive nature of patient health data. Google's push into health care comes amid growing interest in the space from tech companies, such as Apple, Amazon and Microsoft.
Google collecting health data on millions of Americans
Wikimedia Commons(CNN) - Google has confirmed it's collecting health data on millions of Americans through a new partnership with Ascension, one of the country's largest nonprofit health systems. The tech company and Ascension confirmed they were working together to analyze patient data to give health care providers new insights and care suggestions for patients. Although light on specifics, Google and Ascension said the partnership would integrate Ascension's various silos of health data in the cloud. Google acknowledged the sensitivity of patient health data, adding that it's "understandable" people wanted to ask questions about Project Nightingale. But according to the Journal, some Ascension employees have questioned how Google is sharing and collecting the patient data.