The All of Us Program : Big Data Meets the NIH and the Citizenry
The All of Us Program, part of the Precision Medicine Initiative, is currently beta testing and will be ramping up in 2018. So what is it? Basically, it is a program which intends to develop a cohort of over 1 million participants to track and correlate various...
Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, and Informed Consent
Artificial Intelligence (AI) requires three things to work. High processing speed. Large amounts of data storage. Large amounts of data collection. The first two are localized technology innovations. These are done in the confines of labs, both public and private,...
For Most People, Most of the Time, Digital Technology is Unhealthy.
For most people, most of the time, digital technology is unhealthy. By most people, I mean 95% of adults. If I meant children, it would be 99%. By most of the time, I mean 99%. By digital technology, I mean 1.0 technology - which includes TV, 2.0 technology - which...
Do You Have The Right to Share “Your” DNA?
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...
Artificial intelligence in Healthcare: “Moonshot” or Manhattan Project?
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 out the...
Physicians: Deep Read Deep Books
Hey Doc, when was the last time you deep read a "deep" book? By deep reading I mean focused, consistent reading, pen and paper in hand, spanning several hours a day over several weeks. By a deep book, I mean a book that is just out of your grasp intellectually, books...
Artificial Intelligence, Value Neutrality, and Regulation
Technology is value neutral. A pencil is inanimate. In of itself, it is neither good or bad. A car is inanimate. In of itself, it is nether good or bad. A nuclear reactors is inanimate. In of itself, it is neither good or bad. We don’t regulate pencils, but we do...
Physicians: Master Twitter, or it Will Master You
Most physicians don’t like Twitter. They think it will waste their precious time. For most of them, approached without clear intention, they are probably right. But, as my mom use to say to me - “It’s not all about you.” For now, forget about Healthcare 3.0 advanced...
Learning About AI, DeepMind and The NHS From AlphaGo, The Movie.
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. https://youtu.be/8tq1C8spV_g There is the drama of...
My Physician Journey into Programming and Python
As I mentioned several weeks ago, I am a doctor who is endeavoring to learn the programming language called Python. My reason for pursuing this, which sounds rational, goes something like this: 1. The future of healthcare is Artificial intelligence and Big Data. 2. To...