Yves here. Aside from my general allergy to AI and algos (among other things, they are only as good as their training sets, which raises questions of accuracy and consistency of inputs), another reason to be concerned with health care algos is they require collection of patient data to work, which means yet another source of data vulnerability. Our reader IM Doc pointed out:
In the USA – we have multiple large tertiary referral centers that have quite the national reputation – I would include in that list MD Anderson, MAYO, Johns Hopkins, and …… The Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. I have innumerable patients that are seen there – they cater to that type of clientele. I first heard about this impending disaster over the weekend – and today things appeared to get immeasurably worse there…… see the following article……