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S1 Ep9: Is AI Real? May 25, 2018

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In 1973, a renowned mathematician published a damning report that almost sunk the growing field of artificial intelligence. The problem was, he held several misconceptions about AI—just like many people today. In this episode, we tell the story of the Lighthill Report and the subsequent AI winter and chat with Kevin Campbell, MD, about AI basics and how it can help healthcare.

Photo: A robotic arm built for MIT's AI lab in 1972. Courtesy of ArnoldReinhold, Wikimedia Commons.

Read more Healthcare Analytics News™ stories at www.hcanews.com.

S1 Ep8: Return of the Luddite May 18, 2018

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Major data breaches have turned some people against big data and analytics. To determine whether this moment marks the return of the Luddite, we present the story of the actual Luddites. The acclaimed health-tech thinker John Nosta explains why healthcare—and everyone—must stand up in defense of data.

Read more Healthcare Analytics News™ stories at www.hcanews.com.

S1 Ep7: The High-Tech Hospital the World Wasn't Ready For May 11, 2018

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Health Care International, the "first paperless hospital," was supposed to change everything, but it went bust in mere months. What can healthcare learn from this story?

Guests include Nick van Terheyden, MD, and Shereese Maynard, MBA.

S1 Ep6: Finding Orangeworm May 04, 2018

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Cybersecurity researchers recently revealed a new kind of healthcare hacker. Orangeworm, as the group is called, has been preying on glaring vulnerabilities for years. Can it be stopped?

To find out, Data Book talks to John DiMaggio, a senior threat intelligence analyst for Symantec and one of the people who unearthed Orangeworm. CynergisTek's John Nye delivers the Insight.

S1 Ep5: Amazon's Path of Disruption Apr 27, 2018

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The country's great disrupters have a new target: healthcare. Amazon, Google, Apple, and even Uber—they're all trying to improve American medicine. But can tech change such a complex system? To find out, Data Book explores Amazon's history and interviews Kate McCarthy, a senior health-tech analyst for Forrester.

Image courtesy of Canonicalized.com.

S1 Ep4: Overcoming the Cultural Resistance to Health Tech Apr 20, 2018

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Not every doctor and health system embraces big data, artificial intelligence, and digital health. Join our guests Kevin Campbell, MD, and Janae Sharp to find out what's at stake. Plus, what healthcare can learn from journalism's botched tech evolution.

Image credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org

S1 Ep3: The Gene-Editing Company That Didn't Need CRISPR Apr 13, 2018

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CRISPR, TALEN, and gene editing sound like the stuff of the future, but they are already changing medicine. What about zinc finger nucleases? That's what Sangamo Therapeutics uses to perform gene editing, and the tech recently earned the company a $3 billion deal. Today on Data Book, the origins of CRISPR and the Sangamo story.

S1 Ep2: What Healthcare Can Learn From Baseball Apr 06, 2018

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Big data and analytics have become a big part of baseball. So, what can healthcare take from America's national pastime? A lot. Just ask Neil Kudler, MD, of Vertitech IT. But first, Data Book explores the sport's most notorious high-tech scandal.

S1 Ep1: Who Is the Dark Overlord? Mar 29, 2018

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When 10 million patient records were posted for sale on the dark web, a hacker collective called the Dark Overlord took credit for the data dump. The mysterious group's taunting attacks underscored a much larger problem for healthcare: cybersecurity.

Read the full story here. http://www.hcanews.com/news/defending-your-data-from-the-dark-overlord

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