Mayo Clinic is Using AI to Listen to Emergency Room Visits
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
May 16, 2026
Realistically, I wonder how organizations who do this expect to make it worthwhile.
What is the disincentive to Mayo? If they operated in the EU, they could be fined either €20 million, or 4% of global annual turnover. If they operated in Quebec, it’s $25 million, or again 4%.
Detached reaction aside, it’s abhorrent to deploy such tools in a place where one would assume an expectation of privileged conversation applies.
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