Patient data is at the heart of precision medicine, but privacy concerns and unanticipated use cases could cause problems for large-scale research efforts. The Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) is generating a great deal of excitement among researchers, clinicians, developers, and patients with an eye on curing cancer, managing diabetes, or eliminating Alzheimer’s disease. With unfeigned…
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Organizations are increasingly looking for ways to capitalize on all of the unstructured data they’ve been collecting and stashing. Deep learning applications could offer an answer At Twitter Inc., Hugo Larochelle’s job is to develop an understanding of how users of the social network are connected to each other and what interests them in order…
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Machine learning could be the key to significantly improving healthcare diagnostics, especially when it comes to extracting maximum value from imaging studies. If you are in healthcare, you may have heard the term “machine learning” without really knowing what it means. It’s not a new technology, but it is one that has taken huge leaps…
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CareCentra was recently asked by a 24-hospital health system to identify their Super-Utilzers – the 15% of patients that account for 80% of cost. They wanted CareCentra to help them understand what causes patients to become Super-Utilizers, and to take timely preventive care measures to help patients from developing into high-utilizers. While “Population Health”…
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