Making the connections between medical records and treatments is called "medical research." There's a vast amount of research left to do.
Medical records aren't complete or accurate, even if it was OK to share them all. People who donate blood in the 21st century sign a release granting permission to analyze their blood to search for factors needed, like particular antibodies, and to send their blood where it matches the need.
(They got a specific hit on my blood once, for a particular patient I guess. They asked me to come and donate every three days for about three weeks.)
There’s no shortage of startups hoping for this, but it looks like more hype than hope. The one that first comes to mind is Arivale, which seems like it was named right out of Silicon Valley season 1.
Making the connections between medical records and treatments is called "medical research." There's a vast amount of research left to do.
Medical records aren't complete or accurate, even if it was OK to share them all. People who donate blood in the 21st century sign a release granting permission to analyze their blood to search for factors needed, like particular antibodies, and to send their blood where it matches the need.
(They got a specific hit on my blood once, for a particular patient I guess. They asked me to come and donate every three days for about three weeks.)