Health Care and Big Tech: Protecting our Patients and Communities in an Evolving Technology Landscape (in person)

Course Description

New technologies are being deployed in health care at an ever-increasing pace, but little information is shared with nurses and other health care workers about what the technologies are, how they work, and who ultimately benefits from their development. Through different case studies, this course will investigate tech companies’ involvement in health care and assess how the partnership between Big Tech and health care corporations impacts nurses and patients. We will also review how nurses can mobilize their advocacy to ensure that patients are protected against the untested and profit-driven deployment of technologies that may threaten their privacy and their safety.