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Article: AI and matters of clinical and financial life or death. (artificial intelligence and the health care industry) (Viewpoint) (Technology Information)(Column)
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- Health Management Technology
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
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Today, both clinical and financial life-or-death situations depend on our ability to have accurate data on which to base our decisions.
As health care continues to march to more managed care, the data that drives these systems becomes even more crucial.
Two sides are sharing equally heavy risk: the patient, clinically, and the provider, financially.
With health care data sources growing at exponential rates, the ability to transition information into knowledge is essential.
However, the traditional linear modeling processes lack the analytical robustness and complexity that are needed to solve today's modeling problems. But when an ...