by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Healthcare Ethics, Healthcare Revenue
Have you ever noticed how a patient’s body mass index (BMI) in the EHR seems to be placed alongside a patient’s vital signs, as if it is a vital sign? I don’t think BMI is a vital sign. For me, there are only four vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Philosophy
Everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it. But we are delivered over to it in the worst possible way when we regard it as something neutral; for this conception of it, to which today we particularly like to pay...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare Ethics
To develop deep technical expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) requires years of study and practice. It requires a solid background in mathematics and experience with programming, and it requires practical experience (and time) using these skills with large data...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Blogging
One advantage of blogging daily is that just by sheer volume, I may hit pay dirt, at the end of each month I enjoy reviewing my 30ish blog posts to see where my intellectual shovel may have hit. In February, the choice is easy. My most important blog was...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, EHR
As an employee, when you work with a computer in any capacity, you have agreed to all of your computer activity is being monitored. In theory, this is both reasonable and legal. It’s the corporation’s hardware and software and you should only use it as part of your...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Big Data
Attending a recent online Health Chat by one of the FAANG companies, a software developer referred to a patient’s “digital phenotype”. A phenotype is the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the...
