The Real-World Benefits of Machine Learning in Healthcare

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8/16/2019

The Real-World Benefits of Machine Learning in Healthcare

The Real-World Bene ts of Machine Learning in Healthcare usm systems Aug 16 ¡ 7 min read

It is safe to say that there are many manual processes in medicine. While in training, I wrote lab values, diagnoses and other chart notes on paper. I know this is one area where technology can help improve my workflow and I hope this will also improve patient care. Since then, advances in electronic medical records have been great, but the information they provide is no better than the old paper charts they replaced. If technology is there to improve care in the future, then the need to improve the power of electronic information analytics and machine learning to provide physicians. Using these types of sophisticated analytics, we can better inform physicians during patient care. It is common and easy to get blood pressure and other vital signs when I see my patient. Past 50 blood pressure readings, laboratory test results, race, sex, family history, socioeconomic status, and latest clinical trial data. We need to provide more information to physicians so that they can make better decisions about patient diagnoses and treatment options, but understand the possible outcomes and costs for everyone. The value of machine learning in health care is its ability to process large datasets beyond human capacity, and then reliably transform the analysis of that data into clinical insights that can help clinicians in planning and care, ultimately leading to better outcomes, lower costs of care and increased patient satisfaction. Applied Machine Learning in Healthcare Machine learning has recently made headlines in medicine. Google has developed a machine-learning algorithm to help detect cancer tumors on mammograms. Stanford uses a deep learning algorithm to detect skin cancer. A recent JAMA article reported the https://medium.com/@usmsystems23/the-real-world-benefits-of-machine-learning-in-healthcare-b310b6656e95

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