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“The nurses said, ‘It’s not me; it’s the computer,’”

"What happens when an algorithm cuts your healthcare": https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/21/17144260/healthcare-medicaid-algorithm-arkansas-cerebral-palsy?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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A healthcare algorithm started cutting care, and no one knew why

When Arkansas started using an algorithm for a crucial health service, the program’s recipients struggled to understand what happened.
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Matthew Graybosch
Matthew Graybosch 3 months ago
@schlink These algorithms are the sort of work I do at my day job. Without getting into too much detail, I think that both the algorithms and their implementation should be free software. Citizens are paying for this shit, and they should be able to study the code that governs them.
Hyp☀️li🌷e Pet🌸van (he/him)
Hyp☀️li🌷e Pet🌸van (he/him) 3 months ago
There is such a movement to push governments towards free software: https://publiccode.eu/
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