# Free Medical Data

**URL:** <https://forum.solidproject.org/t/free-medical-data/2420>\
**Category:** Ideas for Solid Apps\
**Created:** [November 19, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/free-medical-data/2420 "2019-11-19T10:51:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![megoth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/megoth/32/8_2.png) [@megoth](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/megoth)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/free-medical-data/2420/1 "2019-11-19T10:51:44Z")

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Came over [an interesting article on the need to free medical data](https://eklitzke.org/free-medical-data) yesterday, via [a comment on a post on r/SOLID](https://www.reddit.com/r/SOLID/comments/dvdi9r/googles_project_nightingale_gathers_personal/f7cfdhj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x) by [Where2cop508](https://www.reddit.com/user/Where2cop508/). Having quality databases of medical research publicly available in combination with the people’s access to their medical health data could lead to some very interesting innovation, I think.

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**Author:** ![rimmartin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/rimmartin/32/166_2.png) [@rimmartin](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/rimmartin)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/free-medical-data/2420/2 "2019-12-29T04:09:28Z")

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Last I checked this is a [HIPAA](https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/index.html) nightmare

I had made an interface (with mocked up data) where a doctor could get up in the morning and very quickly see which patients are well within specs and which ones are likely in trouble to help him plan his day.

Without going around [on my own externally] to patients getting them to give me rights I could not access any data to start evaluating and getting my service available in hospitals/clinics

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**Author:** ![anon36056958](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@anon36056958](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/anon36056958)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/free-medical-data/2420/3 "2019-12-29T05:24:56Z")

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> [@Delegated Managing of permissions - would this work?](http://forum.solidproject.org/t/delegated-managing-of-permissions-would-this-work/2458):
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> A very newbie question, so it may not make sense. (Please be patient! slight_smile ) I would like to set up something like this: Alice has her browsing data in her pod; Bob wants to use her browsing data for a piece of public health research. Alice wants to delegate to her union the management of her data permissions, and her data union agrees that Bob should be trusted with Alice’s data for this purpose. Can Alice’s ACL for her browsing data simply point to the list that her data union has c…