In this talk, I'll cover the state of the art in predictive healthcare and help you get beyond all the hype. You will leave this talk with a better understanding of how you can apply your skills to make the healthcare system better for everyone!
Abstract
The hype (5 minutes)
AI replacing doctors
Personalized medicine
Watson
Deep learning!!!
The reality (10 minutes)
Doctor burnout/alert fatigue
Research papers tested retroactively with no validation
Bold statements being made with no clinical backing
Vendors providing algorithms that haven't been validated on your patients and are not open for inspection (black-boxes)
EMRs built for billing purposes, not to improve care
Messy human data
Feedback loops -- predicting the thing you're trying to change
