Morning Headlines 7/5/17
Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law
In England, the Information Commissioner’s Office concludes that Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust broke data privacy laws when it handed 1.6 million patient records over to DeepMind, a Google business unit applying AI to healthcare problems.
Chief medical officer calls for gene testing revolution
England’s Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies, MD focuses the entirety of her annual report on the potential of genetic testing, calling for an increase in the routine use of genomics testing in treatment and preventative care.
T-MSIS Data Not Yet Available for Overseeing Medicaid
An OIG report concludes that adoption of the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, a database comprised of state and federally reported Medicaid data, is behind because there is no fixed deadline for when States and CMS must begin participating.
I hear, and personally experience instances where the insurance company does not understand (or at least can explain to us…