AI apps in Cancer care.

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MIMA has popped up on my feeds a few times.. does anyone know who owns it or the data? 

it looks like it might be a helpful tracker for symptoms & seeing patterns that otherwise might be missed.

I’ve a specialist interest in medical education so some concerns that I can’t find anything about the company, such as DOI or the AI algorithms it uses. I can see the benefits of personalised reviews of patterns to symptoms that won’t be available from users of this web site, but just wondered if anyone had seen it / used it / knew the coding. 

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    I hadn’t come across it so I looked up its website. It says nothing of ownership or of privacy but purports to be able to hold a dialogue on multiple different sorts of illnesses. I would stay clear of it and reply on trusted websites like this one or Cancer Research UK for information. 

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  • You can look up information including ownership on the government website Companies House, link below.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house

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  • Hi  

    I think you are making a bit of a leap about what it is! There’s no company info on its website. I doubt if it is registered in the UK if at all. I wouldn’t engage with it but I suspect you don’t get too far before it wants a dodgy subscription. 

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  • Hello 

    I'm sorry but I'm slightly confused.

    I don't know what you mean by "making a bit of a leap about what it is".

    I was only suggesting a look on the official government website because the OP asked if anyone knew who owns it. 

    Personally I wouldn't touch anything like that with a barge pole.

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  • You won’t find it there - the leap is it’s not a real company. 

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  • I didn't say it was.

    I was only trying to help, which is what we're all here for.

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  • Thank you. Whilst both sites you’ve mentioned do indeed have value, they don’t have the personalised & tailored pattern recognition that the app potentially offers. 

    whilst I agree research & understanding of AI & its implications are crucial before blindly using, it may well turn out to be helpful. AI is here to stay in healthcare & understanding how to evaluate it, rather than dismissing it will become a necessary evil. Thank you for your time in replying. 

  • Thank you. I had tried a fairly thorough search before asking, but couldn’t find much either! I appreciate your time in replying.