# Let's pool our medical data

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: John Wilbanks
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Computer science
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/john_wilbanks_let_s_pool_our_medical_data)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When you're getting medical treatment, or taking part in medical testing, privacy is important; strict laws limit what researchers can see and know about you. But what if your medical data could be used -- anonymously -- by anyone seeking to test a hypothesis? John Wilbanks wonders if the desire to protect our privacy is slowing research, and if opening up medical data could lead to a wave of health care innovation.

## Lectures

1. [Let's pool our medical data](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/john_wilbanks_let_s_pool_our_medical_data/6329ac80b412), 17 min (TED's player)