Issue A Medical Library for Planet Earth

Summary

A Medical Library for Planet Earth asks what would happen if health data went macro. Medical data would become global through the sharing of datasets combined with advanced computing power. Health data keeps growing thanks to AI, analytics, electronic health records, genomics and wearables, and a single patient can generate 6 terabytes of clinical and genomic data over a lifetime, while healthcare is expected to account for 30% of global data by the early 2030s. Yet only 3% of the data hospitals produce is used effectively, even though it is often vital in crises and emergencies. Pooling it could speed drug development through trial modelling and improve outbreak monitoring, but datasets could be deliberately corrupted and individuals could lose control over their personal health data.