Hippocratic Quantum: The Ethics of Biomedical Discovery in the Quantum Age
Quantum technology is increasingly described as the telescope of the 21st century: a scientific instrument that expands what humans can observe, simulate, and engineer.
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Read more: Quantum Computing Export Controls: Implications for the Health Care Sector Quantum Computing Export Controls: Implications for the Health Care Sector
Quantum computers promise to create a new wave of global innovation comparable to the advent of classic computers, the internet, and artificial intelligence. Unlike classical machines, quantum computers harness the principles of quantum mechanics to process information in radically different ways — enabling them to tackle certain tasks that are difficult or impossible for traditional…
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Read more: When AI Turns Miscarriage into Murder: The Alarming Criminalization of Pregnancy in the Digital Age When AI Turns Miscarriage into Murder: The Alarming Criminalization of Pregnancy in the Digital Age
By Abeer Malik Imagine: Overjoyed at your pregnancy, you eagerly track every milestone, logging daily habits and symptoms into a pregnancy app. Then tragedy strikes—a miscarriage. Amidst your grief, authorities knock at your door. They’ve been monitoring your digital data and now question your behavior during pregnancy, possibly building a case against you using your…
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Read more: Artificial Intelligence Plus Data Democratization Requires New Health Care Framework Artificial Intelligence Plus Data Democratization Requires New Health Care Framework
By Michael L. Millenson The latest draft government strategic plan for health information technology pledges to support health information sharing among individuals, health care providers and others “so that they can make informed decisions and create better health outcomes.” Those good intentions notwithstanding, the current health data landscape is dramatically different from when the organizational…
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Read more: Who’s Liable for Bad Medical Advice in the Age of ChatGPT? Who’s Liable for Bad Medical Advice in the Age of ChatGPT?
What are the risks of using generative AI systems like ChatGPT in medical practice, and who is ultimately held responsible for patient harm?
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Read more: Governing Health Data for Research, Development, and Innovation: The Missteps of the European Health Data Space Proposal Governing Health Data for Research, Development, and Innovation: The Missteps of the European Health Data Space Proposal
Although well intentioned, there are aspects of the proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space that require further debate.
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Read more: AI in Digital Health: Autonomy, Governance, and Privacy AI in Digital Health: Autonomy, Governance, and Privacy
What impact will AI systems have on biomedical research, especially in the context of large-scale data sharing and confidentiality?
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Read more: The International Weaponization of Health Data The International Weaponization of Health Data
As countries become more sensitive to the risks of sharing their citizens’ health data, international research collaborations will become more difficult.
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Read more: Will NIH Learn from Myriad when Settling Its mRNA Inventorship Dispute with Moderna? Will NIH Learn from Myriad when Settling Its mRNA Inventorship Dispute with Moderna?
The NIH, which funded much of Moderna’s research on the COVID-19 vaccine, should be assertive in exerting control over the results of this research.
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Read more: The Civil Rights Challenge to Gene Patenting The Civil Rights Challenge to Gene Patenting
The ACLU mounted an unprecedented challenge the entire practice of gene patenting in America. And, against the odds, they won.
