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Completely disagree. There is huge scope in healthcare for automation, pre-emptive diagnosis and raising the bar for precision. It is mostly going to be done

Completely disagree. There is huge scope in healthcare for automation, pre-emptive diagnosis and raising the bar for precision. It is mostly going to be done by a company with good AI chops, I would put my money on Google, from what I have heard about their efforts.

nightski 4y ago
Google often has terrible execution when it lies outside their direct core businesses. You are correct they have amazing engineering talent, but that is not the problem here.
- esotericimpl 4y ago
  The issue here is not "engineering talent" The current hodge podge of Health care apps, web sites and and insurance systems all work correctly. The business logic is broken.
zasdffaa 4y ago
Which is entirely orthogonal from how they might (ab)use that data. They are a commercial company. It will be commercialised. No. Not ok by me.
- actuator 4y ago
  Healthcare in US is run by commercial companies only. The diagnosis machines are made my commerical companies only. I am not sure what you mean by commercialised.
  - zasdffaa 4y ago
    Was speaking as a brit where this hasn't happened to the extent in the US. What it means is I was one step behind :)
    - actuator 4y ago
      NHS is struggling with wait times and staff shortages, no? I have heard a lot of them is in radiology departments. These diagnostic improvements will help there as well, and for a state funded healthcare like NHS, more automation is good. As much as I don't like for profit companies monetising this, I am not sure if I know of a better path to innovation.
avgDev 4y ago
I've been thinking how to enter the medical space with software. My cousin has EDS, diagnosing the illness is pretty trivial. It took her 15+ years and when she was diagnosed she was already in severe decline. She could have been diagnosed a decade ago but some doctors just have no interest in googling symptoms and listening to patients.
- actuator 4y ago
  I am so sorry to hear about her but this is the exact reason why I am hopeful with companies like Google entering this space and making diagnosis better. We have so many smart devices that can record so much data, and it doesn't even have to be auto recording. If you had a headache, if you can mark that and over time based on a pattern it can recommend you to see a specialist or get some tests done.

nightski 4y ago

Google often has terrible execution when it lies outside their direct core businesses. You are correct they have amazing engineering talent, but that is not the problem here.

esotericimpl 4y ago
The issue here is not "engineering talent" The current hodge podge of Health care apps, web sites and and insurance systems all work correctly. The business logic is broken.

zasdffaa 4y ago

Which is entirely orthogonal from how they might (ab)use that data. They are a commercial company. It will be commercialised. No. Not ok by me.

actuator 4y ago
Healthcare in US is run by commercial companies only. The diagnosis machines are made my commerical companies only. I am not sure what you mean by commercialised.
- zasdffaa 4y ago
  Was speaking as a brit where this hasn't happened to the extent in the US. What it means is I was one step behind :)
  - actuator 4y ago
    NHS is struggling with wait times and staff shortages, no? I have heard a lot of them is in radiology departments. These diagnostic improvements will help there as well, and for a state funded healthcare like NHS, more automation is good. As much as I don't like for profit companies monetising this, I am not sure if I know of a better path to innovation.

avgDev 4y ago

I've been thinking how to enter the medical space with software. My cousin has EDS, diagnosing the illness is pretty trivial. It took her 15+ years and when she was diagnosed she was already in severe decline. She could have been diagnosed a decade ago but some doctors just have no interest in googling symptoms and listening to patients.

actuator 4y ago
I am so sorry to hear about her but this is the exact reason why I am hopeful with companies like Google entering this space and making diagnosis better. We have so many smart devices that can record so much data, and it doesn't even have to be auto recording. If you had a headache, if you can mark that and over time based on a pattern it can recommend you to see a specialist or get some tests done.