Doctor-patient confidentiality is one of the cornerstones of modern medicine, but according to one expert, patients across the EU should be more willing to share their medical data – albeit anonymously – if they want to improve health care. The Executive Director of the Good Clinical Practice Alliance, Francis P. Crawley, wants to see the establishment of a digital health library, but says that contributions from the public are necessary to make it work.
“We need to make a distinction…