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The Healthcare/AI Ethics Challenge: “Talk is Cheap, Show Me The Code.”

by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence

I’m going to be attending a Deep Learning Conference in a few weeks, and the preparation for it made me recall the last AI developers conference I attended—one at which the conference organizer, a talented programmer, initiated the 3-day event proudly stating...
AI and The EHR as a Hammer: Physicians as Carpenters?

AI and The EHR as a Hammer: Physicians as Carpenters?

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, EHR

When you build a new house, who gets to decide which hammer type (claw hammer, framing hammer, dead blow hammer, common hammer, sledge hammer, blocking hammer, brick hammer …) will be used during construction? Is it the home developer? No. Is it the home buyer?...

Social Media Companies are AI Companies

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter

My personal mission—and how I hope to spend the next decade or so—is to understand the confluence of health, healthcare, and artificial intelligence in the context of ethics. So why do I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about social media, such as Twitter,...

Should AI Social Media Analysis be Used to Hire Physicians?

by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence

Using IBM Watson, here is a Personality Portrait based on three of my recent blog posts using artificial intelligence and natural language processing: Summary You are heartfelt, somewhat insensitive and skeptical. You are solemn: you are generally serious and do not...

AI Podcast Review: The Deepmind Podcast

by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Google, Healthcare 3.0, Healthcare Ethics

For physicians and healthcare executives who are looking for a brief introduction into leading-edge artificial intelligence (AI) research, I recommend listening to the short, eight-part DeepMind Podcast. DeepMind is an AI startup based in London and was recently...
Will AI-Enabled EHRs worsen Cascades-of-Care?

Will AI-Enabled EHRs worsen Cascades-of-Care?

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, EHR

The paper Cascades of Care After Incidental Findings in a US National Survey of Physicians is an important read for anyone who believes artificial intelligence is going to lower healthcare costs. A “Cascade-of-Care” is a medical workup that expands...
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