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The Digital Reconstruction of Healthcare: Transitioning from Brick and Mortar to Virtual Care
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Overview
This book enables readers to peer into the very near future and prepare them for the opportunities afforded by the digital shift in healthcare. It is also a wake-up call to readers who are less than enthusiastic about these digital tools and helps them to realize the cost of ignoring these tools. It is written for a wide range of medical professionals including:
- Physicians, nurses, and entrepreneurs who want to understand how to use or develop digital products and services
- IT managers who need to fold these tools into existing computer networks at hospitals, clinics, and medical offices
- Healthcare executives who decide how to invest in these platforms and products
- Insurers who need to stay current on the latest trends and the evidence to support their cost effectiveness
Filled with insights from international experts, this book also features Dr. John Halamka’s lessons learned from years of international consulting with government officials on digital health. It also taps into senior research analyst Paul Cerrato’s expertise in AI, data analytics, and machine learning. Combining these lessons learned with an in-depth analysis of clinical informatics research, this book aims to separate hyped AI "solutions" from evidence-based digital tools. Together, these two pillars support the contention that these technologies can, in fact, help solve many of the seemingly intractable problems facing healthcare providers and patients.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780367555979 |
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Publisher: | CRC Press |
Publication date: | 06/08/2021 |
Series: | HIMSS Book Series |
Pages: | 150 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |
About the Author
John D. Halamka, MD, MS, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, leads a portfolio of new digital platform businesses focused on transforming health by leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, and an ecosystem of partners for the Mayo Clinic. He is a practicing emergency medicine physician. Previously, Dr. Halamka was executive director of the Health Technology Exploration Center for Beth Israel Lahey Health in Massachusetts. Previously, he was chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for more than 20 years. In addition, he was the International Healthcare Innovation Professor at Harvard Medical School. As the leader for innovation at the $7 billion Beth Israel Lahey Health, he oversaw digital health relationships with industry, academia, and government worldwide. As a Harvard Medical School professor, he served the George W. Bush administration, the Obama administration, and governments around the world planning their health care information (IT) strategies. In his role at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Halamka was responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative, and academic IT.
Table of Contents
Preface xiii
When Technology, Policy, and the Urgency to Change Converge xiii
References xv
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Authors xix
Chapter 1 Is Digital Reconstruction Necessary? 1
Reviewing the Evidence on Effectiveness 2
Episodic Medical Care Often Falls Short 5
Diagnostic Errors, Inadequate Infrastructure 6
Digital Health During Times of Crisis 7
References 8
Chapter 2 The Merits and Limitations of Telemedicine, Hospital at Home, and Remote Patient Monitoring 11
Telemedicine's Dramatic Growth 12
Making Informed Telemed Choices 15
Examining the Scientific Evidence 16
Telemedicine's Limitations and Obstacles 19
Remote Patient Monitoring 20
Hospital at Home 24
References 31
Chapter 3 The Digital Assault on COVID-19 35
Developing Better Predictive and Diagnostic Tools 36
Growing the Knowledge Base 39
A Holistic Approach to the Pandemic 40
The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition 41
References 42
Chapter 4 Entering the Age of Big Data and Al-Assisted Medicine 45
Diabetes 46
Cardiovascular Disease 47
Cancer 51
Gastroenterology 53
Psychiatry 54
When Correlation Implies Causality 57
The Future Belongs to Advanced Data Analytics 58
Addressing Criticisms 60
References 61
Chapter 5 Exploring the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Toolbox 65
Building on a Firm Foundation 65
Artificial Neural Networks 67
Random Forest Modeling 67
Gradient Boosting 75
Clustering 77
Linear and Logistic Regression 80
Putting AI/ML Tools to Good Use 82
Can You Construct Reality by Building Computer Models? 84
References 88
Chapter 6 The Transformative Impact of Conversational Technologies 91
Natural Language Processing: Strengths and Weaknesses 91
Using Voice Recognition to Improve the Diagnostic Process 93
Patient-Facing Vocal Technology 97
Fighting Misinformation with Truth and Trust 98
References 101
Chapter 7 Securing the Future of Digital Health 105
Comprehensive Risk Analysis 106
Preventing Cyberattacks 108
Understanding the Basic Precautionary Steps 110
Hackers Also Do Their Due Diligence 113
Beware the Internet of Medical Things 114
References 116
Chapter 8 The Digital Reconstruction of Global Health 117
Addressing the Needs of Low-Resource Nations 122
There's No Stopping the Digital Reconstruction of Healthcare 123
References 124
Index 127