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Re:Alphabet is spending billions to become a force in health... by zasdffaa on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @10:58AM (#31836856)
Which is entirely orthogonal from how they might (ab)use that data. They are a commercial company. It will be commercialised. No. Not ok by me.
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Re:Alphabet is spending billions to become a force in health... by actuator on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @11:45AM (#31837568)
Healthcare in US is run by commercial companies only. The diagnosis machines are made my commerical companies only.

I am not sure what you mean by commercialised.

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Re:Alphabet is spending billions to become a force in health... by zasdffaa on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @11:50AM (#31837643)
Was speaking as a brit where this hasn't happened to the extent in the US.

What it means is I was one step behind :)

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Re:Alphabet is spending billions to become a force in health... by actuator on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @12:05PM (#31837851)
NHS is struggling with wait times and staff shortages, no? I have heard a lot of them is in radiology departments. These diagnostic improvements will help there as well, and for a state funded healthcare like NHS, more automation is good.

As much as I don't like for profit companies monetising this, I am not sure if I know of a better path to innovation.

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