Oracle's biggest-ever acquisition turned deadly

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Post by sea6ear » Mon, May 20, 2024, 10:28 PM UTC

Oracle's biggest-ever acquisition turned deadly
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Re: Oracle's biggest-ever acquisition turned deadly

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Post by mepian » Mon, May 20, 2024, 10:39 PM UTC

>Which got him thinking: What if, instead of guesswork, doctors could lean on generative AI to comb through a patient's medical records, along with those of millions of other patients? With such a massive database, doctors could spot the warning signs of disease faster, reduce the need for trial and error, and make better-informed decisions about treatment.

Wow, I'm sure nobody has ever been working on this before... /s

>That was the promise of Cerner, the medical-records company Oracle bought in 2021 for $28.3 billion — Oracle's biggest acquisition.

More than Sun Microsystems, seriously?

Re: Oracle's biggest-ever acquisition turned deadly

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Post by dekhn » Mon, May 20, 2024, 11:41 PM UTC

While I am highly sympathetic to the idea of using large-scale analysis of medical data to improve outcomes, anybody who thinks they can fix the American health care system is both naive and egotistical.