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YouTube And Harvard Team Up To Give Doctors Continuing Ed Credits
In a first for the medical profession, doctors seeking to keep their licenses and expertise up to date can complete the credits they need through one of the most popular social media platforms on the planet.
TikTok, Hospitals And Tutoring Apps: The Many Tentacles Of Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance
The TikTok parent company owns a diverse set of companies across sectors including news, video gaming, and education, in addition to its short-form video apps.
Digital Medical Companies Funnel Patient Data To Facebook For Advertising
Digital health companies are funneling sensitive data that patients have shared with them to Facebook to help target advertisements, according to a new study.
Dental AI Startup Wins Second FDA Clearance To Detect Top Oral Diseases
The FDA has awarded dental AI startup Overjet with clearance to use its software to detect and outline cavities in patients’ X-rays.
Mental Health Startup Uses Voice ‘Biomarkers’ To Detect Depression And Anxiety
Bay Area-based Kintsugi is building AI software that analyzes the human voice to detect depression and anxiety.
Suicide Hotline Left Ethics Board Out Of The Loop About Data-Sharing With For-Profit Spinoff
Medical experts recruited to advise Crisis Text Line say they weren’t consulted about its data sharing and voiced objection to the arrangement. “This would never have passed a sniff test,” one says.
