Fred Hutch spearheads patient confidentiality-focused AI project: What to know
Becker's Healthcare January 7, 2025
Fred Hutchinson and three other cancer centers are creating a comprehensive AI model without compromising patient confidentiality.
1. In October, Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center spearheaded the “Cancer AI Alliance” with Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. The alliance is funded by $40 million from AWS, Deloitte, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Slalom.
2. The alliance is focused on leveraging combined data from participating centers to identify opportunities for cancer care and research and collaborate on computing infrastructure. It hopes to produce its first insights by 2025.
3. The AI is trained using patient data, medical images,...