The NHS Is Sitting on a $12 Billion Data Goldmine
- Patient infomation can help better tailor drugs, track disease
- One health record can be worth 5,000 pounds, EY report finds
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England’s National Health Service is sitting on a virtual gold mine of patient records, according to a study.
The venerable agency’s medical data -- lifelong health records, blood tests, images, and family histories -- could be worth as much as 9.6 billion pounds ($12 billion) annually in benefits to U.K. patients, the NHS itself and the larger economy, analysts at the EY business consulting firm say in a new report.