Morning Headlines 12/26/19
Artificial Intelligence Is Rushing Into Patient Care – And Could Raise Risks
Experts say AI could have a big healthcare impact, but worry about excessive hype, the tech industry’s mantra to “fail fast and fix it later,” systems whose training allows them to base predictions on meaningless data points, and the absence of any randomized clinical trials proving that such systems actually work.
Pentagon Warns Military Personnel Against At-Home DNA Tests
The military urges service members to decline to take consumer DNA tests because they create security risks, their results are unreliable, and they could lead to unintentional discovery of genetic information that could jeopardize their military career.
CoverMyMeds about to grow to 1,500 jobs – as outgoing CEO Matt Scantland charts what comes next
CoverMyMeds will grow to 1,500 employees by the end of March, triple its headcount since McKesson acquired the medication prior authorization company three years ago.
Looks like the House rep for Spokane and one of the Senators from Washington State are engaged: https://mcmorris.house.gov/posts/mcmorris-rodgers-blasts-va-cerner-for-patient-harm-at-spokane-va https://www.murray.senate.gov/murray-mcmorris-rodgers-secure-va-commitment-to-hold-town-halls-for-veterans-in-eastern-washington/ That…
The thing I'm focusing on are the department(s) these have hit: Marketing & Customer Experience. The database community has believed…
How Cerner fumbles VA and rolls out at DHA without issue, and Congress to my knowledge doesn't as why, so…
Yikes. Oracle/Cerner just can't get the break on this one. Mr. H, could you please run a poll on how…
That BH ER experience matches mine even years before the pandemic - went in with a suicidal friend, and they…