Machine learning and prediction in medicine-beyond the peak of inflated expectations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 26, 2017, Pages 2507-2509

  Chen, Jonathan H ^a   Asch, Steven M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHAOS THEORY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; MACHINE LEARNING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85021635595     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1702071     Document Type: Review

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