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94 S. Cal. L. Rev. 355 (2020-2021)
Big Data in Health Care - Predicting Your Future Health

handle is hein.journals/scal94 and id is 375 raw text is: BIG DATA IN HEALTH CARE-
PREDICTING YOUR FUTURE HEALTH
KRISTINA FUNAHASHI*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN TR  O D U C TIO  N .............................................................................356
I. PART I...........................................................................................357
A. PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS PRIMER ..............................................357
B. (BIG) DATA SOURCES ............................................................359
1. Clinical Data .........................................................................359
2. Claims and Cost Data............................................................360
3. Pharmaceutical R&D Data....................................................360
4. Nonhealthcare Data Sources .................................................361
C. PREDICTIVE HEALTH ANALYTICS EXAMPLES...........................362
D. POTENTIAL RISKS POSED BY PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN
H EA LTH  CA RE  ............................................................................364
1. Psychological Harms & The Duty to Disclose .....................365
2. Discrimination Based on Future Health Status .....................366
i. Healthcare Insurers.............................................................366
ii. Healthcare Providers.........................................................367
iii. Employers ........................................................................367
II. PART II ........................................................................................368
A. CURRENT PRIVACY & NONDISCRIMINATION LAWS .................368
1. Data Privacy & Protection: The Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act ........................................................368
*   Executive Articles Editor, Southern California Law Review, Volume 94; J.D. Candidate 2021,
University of Southern California Gould School of Law; B.A. Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
2014, Harvard University. I would like to thank Professor Alexander M. Capron for his invaluable
guidance and insights during the drafting of this Note. I would also like to thank the Southern California
Law Review Staff for their incredibly detailed and diligent assistance throughout the editing process. Last
but far from least, a heartfelt thank you to my grandfather, Jerry D. Wu, M.D., and my parents, Lenora
and Ted Funahashi, for their unwavering encouragement, love, and support.

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