I have gone to war with Pharmac and I have worked alongside Pharmac as part of a reform process. I think it is an important agency, in fact it is critical for healthcare in NZ that it performs well.
Their health economics failed me of course, by indicating that the cost of my care was worth more than my life. The reason, and I shit you not, was that if I survived the proven and successful treatment options (and I would), I might live so long that I would end up costing the health system more as I grew old. Cheaper to let me die young.
The economic models used by Pharmac are outdated, are not humane, are poorly understood by staff, and fundamentally flawed by a very narrow focus on the constructed 'benefit' of a human life. Now, imagine training an AI on those models (and all of their past decision making).
Pardon my French, but fucking hell.
Article: Pharmac urged to use more AI
#Healthcare #NZPol #Pharmac
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pharmac-urged-to-use-more-ai-minister-david-seymour-says-it-will-make-entity-more-humane/JR5OH4TFCNFKXACLUKFKKEP2CU/
Their health economics failed me of course, by indicating that the cost of my care was worth more than my life. The reason, and I shit you not, was that if I survived the proven and successful treatment options (and I would), I might live so long that I would end up costing the health system more as I grew old. Cheaper to let me die young.
The economic models used by Pharmac are outdated, are not humane, are poorly understood by staff, and fundamentally flawed by a very narrow focus on the constructed 'benefit' of a human life. Now, imagine training an AI on those models (and all of their past decision making).
Pardon my French, but fucking hell.
Article: Pharmac urged to use more AI
#Healthcare #NZPol #Pharmac
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pharmac-urged-to-use-more-ai-minister-david-seymour-says-it-will-make-entity-more-humane/JR5OH4TFCNFKXACLUKFKKEP2CU/
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