Big data uses threaten personal privacy, combats fraud

What would you give up to cut back medical fraud while also improving your doctor’s ability to anticipate your medical needs before they actually occur?

Would you give up your personal privacy?

According to a recent Los Angeles Times story, we might not be far from this scenario. In “Consumer Confidential,” author David Lazarus writes that defense contractor Northrup Grumman has signed a $92 million contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to build the second phase of a computer system that while focused on fraud could later serve to anticipate the medical needs of benefici...