Regulator says it will examine the details of Google’s deal with a major healthcare firm in the US.
Source: Project Nightingale: Google probed over US patient data deal – BBC News
Tag / e-health
Researchers Find Racial Bias in Hospital Algorithm – WSJ
New study finds bias in a common algorithm hospitals use to deploy extra medical help: It favored healthier white patients over sicker black patients.
Source: Researchers Find Racial Bias in Hospital Algorithm – WSJ
‘Blood pressure selfies’ could be used to monitor patients with 96 per cent accuracy, study claims | Daily Mail Online
Researchers from the University of Toronto used an iPhone to measure the blood pressure of more than 1,300 patients and say ‘contactless’ technology could make patients’ lives easier.
Warnings of a Dark Side to A.I. in Health Care – The New York Times
Machine-learning systems could be a boon to medicine. But they also can be hacked to mislead, researchers are discovering.
Source: Warnings of a Dark Side to A.I. in Health Care – The New York Times
Researchers create new method to ensure integrity of clinical trials data with blockchain
Researchers create new method to ensure integrity of clinical trials data with blockchain
Source: Researchers create new method to ensure integrity of clinical trials data with blockchain
Apple VA deal: Putting patients in control of their health info
Apple’s work with the VA is important, and not just for veterans. The barriers that have prevented people from accessing their health data are now coming down.
Source: Apple VA deal: Putting patients in control of their health info
