Morning Headlines 6/5/23
Eating disorder group pulls chatbot sharing diet advice
The National Eating Disorder Association shuts down its chatbot after users report that it gave them inappropriate advice for managing eating disorders, such as advising them to diet.
Fuse Oncology Closes Funding Round with Support from Leading Health Systems in the Southern US
Fuse Oncology, a Cone Health spin-off specializing in radiation oncology software, closes a $9 million Series A funding round led by Cone Health Ventures and Northeast Georgia Health Ventures.
Software snafu leads to 400 Grail patients getting bogus letters saying they might have cancer
Cancer screening company Grail blames third-party telemedicine vendor PWNHealth for sending 400 people letters inappropriately warning them that they may have cancer.
HHS’ big data-sharing decision
Politico reports that HHS is accepting proposals from organizations interested in taking over management of the TEFCA data-sharing initiative, which is currently overseen by the nonprofit Sequoia Project.
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