An executive with Ascension Healthcare, whose properties include Ascension Seton Hays, said the company’s partnership with Google will “better serve the evolving needs of consumers, patients and caregivers.”
The cooperation between the two entities has come under fire lately, in part because of consumer distrust of the tech giant’s handling of sensitive information. It has resulted in numerous stories in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other national media outlets, and has also sparked an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.
In a blog published Nov. 12, Eduardo Conrado, Ascension’s executive vice president for strategy and innovations, denied the partnership was a secret, noting that Google first announced it as part of its second-quarter earnings report.
