Review of the Ethics, Policies and Regulations of a Global Patient co-Owned Cloud (GPOC)

Abstract

Abstract Cloud-based personal health records have increased during the last thirty years across the globe. The concept of a Global Patient co-Owned Cloud (GPOC) of personal health records is presented in the GPOC series, containing a systematic review and meta-analysis, a global survey among 100% of the UN member states and a technical sandbox environment. GPOC contains patient co-ownership of personal health records. In the global survey a consensus was seen for GPOC. Here, we review the ethics, policies and regulations relevant for GPOC. Co-ownership and security were partly extracted from a systematic review and meta-analysis of twelve core facets of a GPOC. These two, and ten other properties are covered here with an additional literature review and interview series. This, resulting in a global overview of relevant human rights, ethics, privacy, policy, regulations and integration initiatives by states and organisations, markets, AI integration and future challenges for a GPOC. GPOC might result in a new human right to co-own ones’ personal health information. GPOC could drive development and spread of artificial intelligence for healthcare globally. It may solve the lacking personal health record integration on a global scale. Thus, a decentralised GPOC with consensus from blockchain, may benefit global health.