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Concerns about HIPAA as an obstacle to research are largely a red herring. Almost no clinically useful research can be accomplished by just processing large vol
by nradov 2y ago
Concerns about HIPAA as an obstacle to research are largely a red herring. Almost no clinically useful research can be accomplished by just processing large volumes of historical patient charts. In practice the researchers will have to gather additional data from study subjects so they're going to need to obtain consent anyway.
People keep claiming that other countries will out compete us in medical research and it keeps not happening.
- diamondage 2y agoyes but you can train relatively dumb AI on high volumes of historical data and presenting factors. This is typically just a 'diagnostic assist', but often significantly better than a human
- nradov 2y agoBetter how? Do you have a citation for that?
- diamondage 1y agoI did work on a diagnostic assist tool developed by a large pharma which diagnosed between Asthma and COPD. GPs get this right 52% time, specialists just over 60 and AI came in over 80%...using 12 relatively mundane input variables. I believe there are a lot of these situations, but not clear pathway to FDA approval