Medical Express reports: A significant shift in the health care market is well underway, with various insurers, medical groups, vendors and supply chains pursuing acquisitions and mergers to expand their services, and retail outlets, from Walmart and Amazon to Rite-Aid and Albertsons, delivering health care services, including telehealth. But do current policies adequately protect patient…
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Big Tech Expands Footprint in Health
Melanie Evans and Laura Stevens report: Amazon.com Inc. is starting to sell software that mines patient medical records for information doctors and hospitals could use to improve treatment and cut costs. The move is the latest by a big technology company into health care, an industry where it sees opportunities for growth. Read more on WSJ.
NYU to release large-scale MRI dataset for AI project with Facebook
Danielle Brown reports: NYU Langone Health’s Department of Radiology is planning to release a large-scale dataset that includes more than 1.5 million MRI knee images in an ongoing effort to make MRI scans faster with AI. The medical center announced its dataset release plans on Nov. 25 during the annual RSNA meeting in Chicago. The release is…
Health care providers exempt from new California state privacy law
From the California Dental Association: Amid frequent news from companies reporting breaches of individuals’ personal information, the state Legislature approved and Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation (AB 375 and SB 1121) to create the California Consumer Privacy Act. CCPA aims to give California consumers greater control over their personal information by imposing certain obligations on…