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Medicare Advantage Opens “AI Can of Worms” for Patients (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

It's so exquisitely stupid to deploy an unproven and very-well-known-to-fuck-up solution at this kind of scale and importance. It really drives home how science and technology communication are crucial and that the recent hype around "AI" (what a fucking misuse of the phrase; it's a very complex weighted plinko board) was criminally negligent.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right!! I'd have to imagine an AI used for patient health data will be quite difficult to obtain HIPPA approval. Then again, HIPPA seems more like a concept to make patients feel more comfortable about the amount of data doctors offices have on them more recently.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

*HIPAA