The cabinet on Sunday approved a national digital-health program that is designed to personalize medicine and keep Israel at the forefront of the burgeoning medical-tech field, despite concerns over privacy.
The five-year program will have a budget of nearly NIS 1 billion ($280 million). The funds will go toward digitizing and sharing patient data among the country's health funds, relying on artificial intelligence (AI) tools to more accurately detect abnormalities and find correct diagnoses.
[...] The project will include a community of volunteers who, protected by three levels of privacy, will contribute clinical, genomic and other information about their health and will serve as an infrastructure for developing customized medical solutions and in-depth analysis of big data.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @01:49AM (2 children)
Three levels of privacy ey... well, that makes it all fine and dandy for sure. Nothing to worry about here...
I wonder if their fancy AI will detect the gene or propensity for sarcasm and cynicism...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @03:02AM
Doctor Roboto says I'm abnormal, and that I must report to the disassembly facility tomorrow morning.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Tuesday April 03 2018, @03:06AM
> I wonder if their fancy AI will detect the gene or propensity for sarcasm and cynicism...
No, but it will likely detect a Semite's religion before recommending whether to allocate resources to treat.
"detect abnormalities and find correct diagnoses" is not something this government has had a pleasant track record at.