Armin Will on consent from patients to use medical data for research and medical care

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Armin Will works at the executive department for information technology at Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH).

Questions

Is it allowed to use patient data for scientific purposes?

Why is it currently not possible to search for similar medical cases and possible treatments and their risks in the data pool of the hospitals of the Federal Republic of Germany?

Which alternative model for sharing medical data can be used instead of limited access for privacy reasons?

Which advantage could the society have by using patient data?