Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending March 1: Babylon versus Twitter critic, Apple and J&J's heart health trial, AI for lung cancer detection, data privacy and Google's Fitbit acquisition, accredited AI standard for healthcare, phishing sophistication, US EHR standardisation plans to reduce burnout, Germany's EPR roll out, Epic CEO's privacy argument
Chatbot Babylon fires back at Twitter critic by publicly analyzing his search data
MobiHealthNews ~ Laura Lovett ~ 25/02/2020
For years, a Twitter user under the handle of @DrMurphy11 has posted his encounters with Babylon's tool based on hypothetical situations. On the whole his tweets have been critical of the chatbot and highlight inaccuracies and issues among its responses.
Apple, J&J open enrolment of Heartline Study to Medicare seniors with iPhones
MobiHealthNews ~ Dave Muoio ~ 25/02/2020
The study will use the smartphones, Apple Watches and a custom health engagement program to influence stroke risk and atrial fibrillation detection.