Joe Cadillic sent along this news report on a serious real-world problem: protecting the safety of patients and hospital staff when healthcare privacy laws prohibit you from involving non-healthcare professionals. Amy Kolb Noyes and Peter Hirschfeld of VPR report: A shortage of mental health treatment beds in Vermont has forced hospital emergency rooms to provide…
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Alexa-like bots will listen out for suicidal patients under NHS technology revolution
Sarah Knapton reports: Smart speakers like Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri are to be used by the NHS to analyse patient conversations and spot if they suicidal (sic), it has emerged. A new report published today into the technological future of the health service has called for trusts to embrace robots and artificial intelligence and…
UK: Dementia patients to be tracked by smart meters so that doctors can monitor any sudden changes that indicate illness, falls or mental decline
Sophie Borland and Victoria Bischoff report: The NHS is to use energy smart meters to monitor dementia patients in their homes. The devices will track patients’ daily routines, such as when they boil the kettle, cook dinner or turn the washing machine on. They will flag up any sudden change in behaviour which could indicate an…
European Data Protection Board Issues Opinion on Data Processing for Clinical Trials
Odia Kaplan of Fox Rothschild writes: Clinical trials and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued a much-awaited opinion on the legal basis for processing clinical trial data. Key takeaways: The legal basis for processing operations expressly provided by the Clinical Trial Regulation and by relevant national…