Big Data e digitalizzazione del sistema sanitario
Anna Maria Siniscalchi
2023-01-01
Abstract
This paper highlights the opportunities and critical issues associated with the increasingly frequent use of Big Data in the health sector. In particular, with regard to the processing of health data, the clear change of perspective of the GDPR of 2016/679, compared to the Privacy Code of 2003, emphasizes the profiles of data circulation. This choice translates into a weakening of the role of consent, compared to the previous discipline. Thus, causing a clear differentiation between the relevance of consent in health treatment, where it continues to have a central function, and its relevance in the treatment of health data, where, on the contrary, it is not the only legal bases to legitimize the treatment. Everything requires a new interpretation of the protection system, which – no matter if the choice is endorsed or not – is no longer centered on consent but on the tools that guarantee the correct processing of data.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.