Health and social care - data strategy: consultation - easy read

Part 3 - Supporting industry, innovators and researchers

People are worried about sharing data:

• for it to be used for marketing
• for people to make money from it
• in case it is given to private companies

We want to have ways of using data that are open and honest and that people can trust.

The Scottish Government wants to use Artificial Intelligence (AI).

AI uses computers and machines to copy how the human mind solves problems and makes decisions.

AI analyses data and finds patterns and answers that humans could not find on their own.

AI is making big changes to the way healthcare services are being delivered.

Sharing Scottish data with the rest of the UK

Sharing Scotland's health and social care data and working with our partners across the four nations of the United Kingdom can help us improve health and social care services across the United Kingdom.

12a. How do you think health and social care data should be used by industry and innovators to make health and social care services better?

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12b. How can industry and innovators keep the trust and confidence of the people of Scotland when using their health and social care data for research purposes?

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12c. How should Scotland's health and social care data not be used by industry, innovators, and researchers?

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12d. How should industry, innovators and researchers be honest and open about why they are accessing health and social care data and why they want to use it?

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13a. How should the Scottish Government store and share health and social care data for research in a way that it is easy to access but is still safe and secure?

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13b. What health and social care data does industry, innovators, and researchers need but not have?

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14a. What are the good things about using Artificial Intelligence to make health and social care services better?

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14b. What will make sure using Artificial Intelligence is done safely?

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Send us your answers before 12 August 2022.

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