A Secretive U.S. Tech Firm Pushes Toward the Heart of U.K. Health Care

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Palantir also gave money to think tanks and industry groups, sponsoring two events at the Institute for Government that included its own staff members as speakers, and funding a Christmas party for the Cambridge Health Network, an industry body that brings together N.H.S. and corporate executives.
56% : She has since been paid by Global Counsel to attend a number of events in her role as chair of Genomics England, according to government disclosures, sometimes appearing with Palantir representatives.
55% : But Palantir's software was not compatible with the hospital's patient management system, meaning workers had to manually enter some data, according to two hospital officials who would only share the information on condition of anonymity.
51% : "It's not for industry to tell government whether it should build or buy," Mr. Harris said.
48% : It is used by the C.I.A. and the Pentagon, while in Britain it has been used by the Ministry of Defense since at least 2018, according to Tussell, a company that tracks government contracts.

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