Casey Ross
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Mayo Clinic patient data fuels AI companies, and consent concerns- STAT
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In the past two years, the Mayo Clinic has provided de-identified patient data to 16 digital companies eager to create health AI products and services.
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Casey Ross De-identified patient data are the feedstock of digital innovation in medicine. But is de-identification enough to protect privacy and data rights? What, if anything, is owed to the patients whose information is greasing the gears? via 25h
Digital event: Confronting a Pandemic — Part 3 - STAT
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Join STAT and Harvard Medical School for a four-part digital event series covering health and medicine in a time of Covid-19.
Health data privacy draws fresh scrutiny from lawmakers amid pandemic
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The pandemic has fueled fresh scrutiny of health data privacy among lawmakers, who have introduced several bills in recent weeks to protect patient data.
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Casey Ross Covid-19 is energizing the health data privacy debate, reports , but hard to see bipartisan consensus emerging in the midst of the pandemic. Smart story here from : via 15d
Halting progress and high turnover preceded Atul Gawande's exit - STAT
Erin Brodwin⚡ - STAT 15d 4 tweets
As CEO, Atul Gawande faced high turnover in key positions, potential duplication with the work of Amazon, and halting progress toward Haven's goals.
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Casey Ross Atul Gawande’s departure as CEO of Haven was preceded by two years of halting progress, high turnover, and overlap with parallel efforts by . Read our story here: via 15d
Google develops AI to identify patients at high risk of blindness - STAT
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The computer outperformed most specialists in determining which patients with age-related macular degeneration were most likely to lose sight in both eyes.
Gawande says he's leaving Haven CEO job to focus on Covid-19 - STAT
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Atul Gawande confirmed that he will step down as Haven CEO, saying it will allow him to devote more time to addressing the threats posed by Covid-19.
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Casey Ross New: Atul Gawande confirms he will leave CEO job at high-profile health venture, saying it will allow him to focus on addressing the threats posed by Covid-19. via 22d
Atul Gawande to depart as CEO of new health venture. Is it 'a death knell'?
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For all the fanfare, Haven has not made a dent in the dysfunction of U.S. health care, or publicized any results from the few initiatives it has under way.
In fading steel towns, chronically ill patients hope video visits stay - STAT
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In the rural areas outside Pittsburgh, patients are trading three-hour drives to the doctor for video visits that offer instant access and prescriptions.
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Casey Ross Is telemedicine here to stay? If convenience, efficiency, and timeliness are endpoints that matter in U.S. health care, then docs and patients around Pittsburgh say the verdict is already in. via 36d
AI used to predict Covid-19 patients' decline before proven to work - STAT
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Eager for insight on which patients might deteriorate, hospitals are cramming a validation process that often takes months or years into a couple weeks.
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Casey Ross Hospitals are using Epic’s AI to predict the decline of Covid-19 patients — even as they struggle to validate its effectiveness. This is a theme of tech use in this crisis. Urgency of need is outrunning science. via 41d
Data on Gilead's remdesivir show no benefit for coronavirus patients
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The antiviral medicine remdesivir from Gilead Sciences failed to speed the improvement of patients in China with Covid-19 or prevent them from dying.
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Casey Ross The data leak giveth, and the data leak taketh away, via : via 42d
Major health-record company drops opposition to data-sharing rule - STAT
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Epic's posture had become increasingly strident in the weeks before the final rule was announced in early March, raising the specter of a lawsuit.
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Casey Ross BREAKING: The major health-record company Epic drops opposition to federal data-sharing rule. This eliminates a potential legal barrier to implementation of the rule, designed to give patients easy digital access to their records. via 42d
Symptom checker steers Covid-19 patients to care - STAT
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The coronavirus screening tool at first seemed quick to refer people to the ER but has become more nuanced in recent days, a New York doctor said.
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Casey Ross This #COVID19 symptom checker built by is now advising people from Atlanta to Estonia. The data trail its leaving will help study whether these tools are improving care, and how reported symptoms vary between patients. via 44d
Gilead data suggests coronavirus patients are responding to treatment
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The outcomes in patients at a Chicago hospital offer only a snapshot of remdesivir’s effectiveness, but are the first clinical data to surface to date.
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Casey Ross “Remdesivir was a miracle,” reports one Chicago patient. Stat’s and report that, while early data look good, the world is still waiting for science to confirm that this is so. via 49d
'We'll be deported': Immigrants fear seeking Covid-19 tests or care - STAT
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"We are seeing it hit people who are in poorly paid, yet risky jobs … jobs that cannot be done via Zoom meeting," one doctor said of Covid-19.
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Casey Ross Crucial reporting by on the impact of #COVID19 on LA's immigrants: “We are seeing it hit people who are in poorly paid, yet risky jobs — jobs that cannot be done via Zoom meeting.” via 50d
5 burning questions about tech efforts to track Covid-19 case
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There are still looming questions about accurate or useful the tools are — and how they can be deployed without leading to discrimination.
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Casey Ross Smartphones are helpful devices, but their value in tracking #COVID19 exposures is far from established. I wrote a few questions to keep in mind before we go rushing to the App Store: via 50d
Global trial uses AI to rapidly identify optimal Covid-19 treatments - STAT
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Artificial intelligence is being used to compile and analyze data from dozens of hospitals with different record-keeping systems on three continents.
African Americans may be bearing the brunt of Covid-19, but data is limited
Elizabeth Cooney - STAT 59d 10 tweets
Stark statistics are coming to light only now and only in piecemeal fashion showing that African Americans are disproportionately affected by Covid-19.
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Casey Ross Really important -- and careful -- reporting here by via 57d
Will we give up privacy for security after Covid-19? - STAT
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Will we accept the erosion of privacy as the price of vigilance against new viruses, in the same way we traded personal freedoms after the 9/11 attacks?
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Casey Ross The #COVID19 crisis has hijacked the health privacy debate and prompted stepped-up surveillance to save lives. Will this end with the outbreak, or will privacy be the price of continued vigilance against new viruses? Full story here: via 57d
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Casey Ross On the Apple-Google contact tracing news...they say they will preserve privacy, but by whose definition and how far will they go to ensure transparency in the handling of data? I reiterate this story: via 54d
STAT’s guide to how hospitals are using AI to fight Covid-19
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Hospitals are grasping onto experimental artificial intelligence tools to relieve an unprecedented strain on their resources.
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Casey Ross As #COVID19 has snowballed into a global crisis, health care’s methodical approach implementing #AI has been hijacked by demands that are plainly more pressing. The question is which products will pass this test, and which will fall short. via 65d
Debate flares over using AI to detect Covid-19 in lung scans - STAT
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A key promise of the work is that using lung images could provide an alternative to the current coronavirus tests that have been in short supply.
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Casey Ross Can AI trained on limited lung scans help caregivers detect #COVID19? A series of studies suggests so, but and I took a closer look. Our story for here: via 66d