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What a medical practice can hand to AI without patient data

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What a medical practice can hand to AI without patient data

Four of the seven practice problems on my map can go to AI tools that never read a patient record. Here is which four, and how to handle the other three.

By Tyler Kent

Research

Where AI tools fit in healthcare

44 problems across six kinds of healthcare organizations, each with a sourced number, and the tools that address them. For 30 of the 44, an AI tool can help without ever reading patient data.

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Healthcare AI news

  1. U.S. Orders Federal Agencies to Remove DeepSeek AI from All Systems (opens in a new tab)

    TechCrunch, Oct 20

    How this relates to healthcare: Health systems that buy AI tools should ask vendors which underlying models they use, since federal agencies must now remove DeepSeek and tools built on it.

  2. Hacker Used AI Agents to Break Into Over 100 Company Websites Autonomously (opens in a new tab)

    The Verge, Oct 20

    How this relates to healthcare: Security teams should plan for automated attacks that hit many targets at once, and review patching, monitoring and response times for public-facing sites and patient portals.

  3. Study: 90% of U.S. Working Hours Involve Tasks AI Benchmarks Don't Measure Well (opens in a new tab)

    Hacker News front page, Oct 17

    How this relates to healthcare: When a vendor cites benchmark scores, ask for results on tasks like your own staff's work before counting on the time savings in a budget.

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