Data analytics has many benefits. These allow for the analysis of big data to help others. This could be predictive (letting the consumer know the best or worst time to do something, purchase a car, or more inventory), or descriptive (what is the average length a disc drive should work). The more data that is available, the better or more focussed and applicable the analysis is. This sharing of data is helpful.
Recently there has been a court case filed against Myriad Genetics Inc. alleging they are refusing to share their data. The entity has data on persons with rare conditions. This data may help with the patient's who are not in the database with their respective treatment. The requests for data are acceptable under HIPAA. the company is claiming this is proprietary.
The data would be useful for the patient's and the future of medicine as it relates to their specific illness. It is understandable the company would want to keep the data secret, as they expended money to collect this, but this needs to be released. The analysis of the data provides indications of treatment that could save lives.
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