Fig. 1: The public’s concerns about the use of PHR data without identifiers for health care research. | Human Genome Variation

Fig. 1: The public’s concerns about the use of PHR data without identifiers for health care research.

From: Public attitudes toward cloud computing and willingness to share personal health records (PHRs) and genome data for health care research in Japan

Fig. 1

The results of the questionnaire asking participants about their concerns regarding the use of different types of data for medical research after their identifiable information had been removed. The multiple-choice answers revealed that regardless of the data type, the respondents’ top three concerns were data leakage (≧55.5%), data being used without their knowledge (≧50.4%), and unauthorized use of their data (≧48.8%).

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