by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare 3.0, Healthcare Ethics
Do you have the right to share your DNA with someone else? Most people would initially say yes. In fact, most people would say that it is you, and only you, who has the right to share your DNA. Certainly if you consider DNA as a medical test, this feels right. You...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare 3.0, Healthcare Ethics
Moonshot is a term you will occasionally hear used in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community. If you ever hear it in a discussion about AI in Healthcare, take note. It’s a red flag. You see, although ”moonshot” refers to a large-scale project – just...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare Ethics
To better understand the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Humanity take a look at the movie AlphaGo on Netflix, the story of an artificial intelligence program created by Google’s company DeepMind. There is the drama of any contest – in...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Ethics
Most physicians have no interest in the theoretical aspects of ethics. Walk into the physician’s lounge at a hospital ( those that still have them), and start discussing Kant’s Categorical Imperative, or Nietzsche’s poetic reflections about individual moral...