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Health data security "very important" for less than one in three health professionals (Ipsos survey)

The survey was carried out by online questionnaire with 500 French people "representative of the French population in terms of gender, age and region of residence" and 618 health professionals (general practitioners, specialists, dentists and pharmacists), precisely do we.

"Health professionals underestimate the importance of the security of personal health data for patients," noted the MACSF in a press release.

She noted a difference of 20 points between patients and professionals: the security of health data is "important" for 94% of the former and 73% of the latter.

There is less confidence about data security during the transfer of information, for example during telemedicine procedures. Slightly less than three-quarters of patients (69%) say they are confident in this case, and 76% of practitioners.

However, only 45% of patients and 50% of professionals trust applications and smart health connected objects to guarantee the security of their data.

Respondents are open to sharing their health data: 86% say they are ready to communicate it "to help with medical research and treatment of diseases", 74% if they can choose who has access to it and 69% if the data are anonymous.

One in two "would communicate their personal data to benefit from reductions or advantages" and 27% would communicate it "in another country offering services not available in France" such as medically assisted procreation (AMP or PMA).

The presence of Gafam (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) in health concerns more professionals than patients: 48% of the former believe that their investments constitute a risk for data security, against 28% of the latter.

Furthermore, only 34% of the patients questioned said that they knew that "large multinational companies specializing in the digital sector are investing in the health sector", compared to 64% of professionals.

The survey also shows that patients overestimate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by healthcare professionals.

45% of them consider that caregivers use "often or daily" automated interpretations of medical imagery, while 4% of practitioners questioned declared having already used this technology.

Similarly, 18% of patients believe that practitioners use decision-making algorithms "often or daily", and 69% "rarely", while 5% of the professionals questioned say they have already used this technology.