
What We're Reading: MSKCC AI Startup; AMA and Patient Privacy; GOP Healthcare Message
An artificial intelligence startup with ties to employees and board members of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is sparking dissent at the venerable institution; the American Medical Association (AMA) is opposing a change to patient privacy laws contained in a massive opioids bill; Republicans are struggling to find a healthcare message to sell to voters as the midterm elections draw near.
MSKCC Staff Upset at Startup That Uses Doctors' Work, Patient Data
An artificial intelligence startup with ties to employees and board members of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is sparking dissent at the venerable institution, especially in the wake of the resignation of its chief medical officer after it was found he failed to disclose financial relationships with industry in published articles. The startup, Paige.AI, has an exclusive deal to use the cancer center’s archive of 25 million patient tissue slides,
AMA Opposed to Loss of Patient Privacy in Opioid Bill
The American Medical Association (AMA) is opposing a change to patient privacy laws contained in a massive opioids bill that would allow doctors to more freely share information about a patient’s history of substance use disorders (SUD),
Republicans Search for Healthcare Message They Can Use in Midterm Elections
Republicans are struggling to find a healthcare message to sell to voters as the midterm elections draw near,
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