Back to the Future: What Predictive Decision Support Can Learn from DeLoreans and The Big Short Back to the Future: What Predictive Decision Support Can Learn from DeLoreans and The Big Short

Back to the Future: What Predictive Decision Support Can Learn from DeLoreans and The Big Short

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In the third blog in our series on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-driven predictive models (data analytics tool or software) in health care, we discussed some potential risks (sometimes referred to as model harms) related to these emerging technologies and how these risks could lead to adverse impacts or negative outcomes. Given these potential risks, some have questioned whether they can trust the use of these technologies in health care. We are encouraged to see that some stakeholders are demonstrating that a predictive model is fair, The post Back to the Future:...
Guiding Developers through Foundational Federal Laws Applicable to Mobile Health Technology Guiding Developers through Foundational Federal Laws Applicable to Mobile Health Technology

Guiding Developers through Foundational Federal Laws Applicable to Mobile Health Technology

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As you design, market, and distribute a mobile health (mHealth) app that your customers will use to collect, share, use, or maintain individuals’ health information, it is likely you have questions about what U.S. federal laws apply. You may also wonder which federal agencies oversee various aspects of mHealth — including how this varies by how individuals, their health plan, or health care...

Two Sides of the AI/ML Coin in Health Care

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As we’ve previously discussed, algorithms—step by step instructions (rules) to perform a task or solve a problem, especially by a computer—have been widely used in health care for decades.  One clear use of these algorithms is through...
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Exploring a New Computing Model to Enhance Health Care Analysis

To battle the COVID-19 pandemic, health professionals need immediate access to relevant health data in order to inform clinical decision making, conduct timely research, understand trends, and inform response efforts. The pandemic, though, highlighted a known shortcoming of our nation’s health...

Heat Wave: The U.S. is Poised to Catch FHIR in 2019

Recent blog posts from the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology  highlight the importance of application programming interfaces (APIs) and how they fit into the 21st Century Cures Act’s (Cures Act) implementation. Today, new analysis shows that the United States (US) might be...

Heat Wave: The U.S. is Poised to Catch FHIR in 2019

Recent blog posts from the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology  highlight the importance of application programming interfaces (APIs) and how they fit into the 21st Century Cures Act’s (Cures Act) implementation. Today, new analysis shows that the United States (US) might be...
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