Category: machine learning

The Use of Machine Learning in Health Care: No Shortcuts on the Long Road to Evidence-based Precision Health

Two recent systematic reviews reveal the high risk of bias present in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies based on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Digitization of health data holds profound potential to change the way we collect information and interact with the health care system. In current times, an increasing volume of health-related Read More >

December 7, 2021 by Danielle Rasooly and Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

genomics

Data Science and Machine Learning in Public Health: Promises and Challenges

a man holding two circles - one with a bar chart and one with a tablet with data coming out

In August 2019, two of us (CJP, DR) visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and gave a seminar on the promises and challenges of using “big data” for “precision public health” using the tools of “data science”. The seminar was well attended, with more than 200 participants. The audience was engaged, asking great Read More >

September 20, 2019 by Chirag J Patel and Danielle Rasooly, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and Muin J. Khoury, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

genomics

data science, machine learning