Big Tech wants in on healthcare. What could go wrong?

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Google, Amazon and Apple each announced health and wellness-related moves in recent days, aiming for a piece of the $3-trillion U.S. healthcare market.

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“Look at the potential here,” he said. “In lung cancer, for example, five experts agree this way and five agree the other way. We know we can use artificial intelligence to make it better.”Meanwhile, Amazon filed trademark applications around the world for “Amazon Pharmacy.” We’ve known an Amazon-run online drugstore was likely after the company purchased the online pharmacy PillPack in 2018.

Finally, Apple took another step into the world of well-being by announcing an “Apple Watch Connected” program, aimed at getting gyms to give perks to Apple Watch wearers, including discounts. The danger, needless to say, is that each of these companies actively seeks to profit from customer data — and the data in this case involves your medical condition.

 

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ERs will be full of the worried well, convinced there is something wrong with them because of the data they are receiving.

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