by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Healthcare Ethics
We often think new technologies, such as AI and Big Data, are dehumanizing in the healthcare domain. We’re right. They are. But is dehumanization always a negative? Not necessarily. Consider the possibility that a facet of dehumanization is actually...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Facebook, Healthcare Ethics
The Zuckerberg-Facebook congressional hearings make one thing clear: There is a wide gap between what lawmakers understand about Social Media/AI and what Silicon Valley understands about it, particularly regarding privacy and content ownership. Trying to put Facebook...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare Ethics, Machine Learning
Most patients, most of time do fine, despite what a doctor does. However, sometimes , due to skill and some good luck, a doctor save lives. On the flip side, even if you are Marcus Welby, (or Dr McCoy from Star Trek ), a doctor will lose lives. But this is not a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Big Data, Facebook, Healthcare Ethics
In the next few months, a lot is going to be learned about the relationship between Facebook, Cambridge Analytics, and the data of their users. The technical details will be interesting, as will observing the downfall of the CEO of Cambridge Analytica, or watching ...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Facebook, Healthcare Ethics
If you are a healthcare organization, delete your Facebook Reviews Section. It’s bad for business, and, whether or not it is legal, it’s certainly ethically dubious. Healthcare visits can be intensely emotional, resulting in an binomial distribution of highly...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Ethics, Uncategorized
Recently , in a discussion with a software developer from Microsoft (and after sprouting my new-found Python programming baby wings!) , I mentioned my hypothesis: Healthcare has created a new patent class – the digital patient – and often this class of...
