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> Healthcare is one area where many people (particularly Americans) have the absurd idea that everything has to work perfectly. Yes, healthcare tech should at
by jeffmould 10y ago
> Healthcare is one area where many people (particularly Americans) have the absurd idea that everything has to work perfectly.
Yes, healthcare tech should at work at near perfect. There is an enormous difference between getting poor search results or not seeing photos of your drunk friend from the weekend and determining if you have a life-threatening illness. Healthcare is not an area where you want to be "bug testing" and the outcome can be life or death.
I agree that the tech should be explored and probably could be refined over time, but healthcare is an industry where you can't "fake it till you make it."
- grandalf 10y agoWell, all tests have some probability of returning a false negative or a false positive. The key is for the physician to know the probability of each and to reason appropriately using the diagnostic methods at his/her disposal.
- joezydeco 10y agoWhich means your chemistry is within, and stays within, the variances and probabilities that the FDA reviewed and approved. When you start to slide wildly of those bounds? That's when you get shut down. Where was Theranos?