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Privacy Protection in Using Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare: Chinese Regulation in Comparative Perspective

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Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are now widely employed in China’s medical and healthcare fields. Enormous amounts of personal data are collected from various sources and inserted into AI algorithms for medical purposes, producing challenges to patient’s privacy. This is a comparative study of Chinese, United States, and European Union operational rules for healthcare data that is collected and then used in AI functions, particularly focusing on legal differences and deficiencies. The conceptual boundaries of privacy and personal information, the influence of technological development on the informed consent model, and conflicts between freedom and security in rules of cross-border data flow were found to be key issues requiring consideration when regulating healthcare data used for AI purposes. Furthermore, the results indicate that the appropriate balance between privacy protections and technological development, between individual and group interests, and between corporate profits and the public interest should be identified and observed. In terms of specific rule-making, it was found that China should establish special regulations protecting healthcare information, provide clear definitions and classification schemas for different types of healthcare information, and enact stricter accountability mechanisms. Examining and contrasting operational rules for AI in health care promotes informed privacy governance and improved privacy legislation.

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Authors
Wang, C., Zhang, J., Lassi, N., & Zhang, X.
Affiliations
Zhejiang University (CN)
Corresponding author
Zhang, Xiaohan
Venue
Healthcare
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-09-27
Volume
10
Issue
10
Pages
1878
ISSN
2227-9032 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4297539945
Cited by
115
References
15
Citations by year
2026: 24 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 18
FWCI
140.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Healthcare (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (22LLXC02Z)
  • Cross-Disciplinary Research Project of Zhejiang University (22LLXC02Z)
  • Digital Silk Road Research Project of Zhejiang Province (22LLXC02Z)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Thoreau and American Literature
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Keywords
artificial intelligence in healthcare, patient privacy, personal data protection, informed consent, cross-border data flows, China, United States, European Union, comparative privacy law, accountability mechanisms

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