What is experimentation Experiments are ways to obtain information about whether doing something leads to the outcome you want. For an example, if you run an email campaign to get customers to buy a product, you may want to know whether emails with video lead to better click through rate (CTR) and purchase than without … Continue reading Experiments, finding your way through trial and error
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What’s in it for me anyway? – incentives in healthcare
Incentives, as some economists would suggest, drive the world. Whether someone is doing things to fill their stomach, pocket, ego, heart, there are underlying motivations that initiate and then sustain someone's actions. I've found that a clear understanding of these incentives is critically important in life. More specifically, if I wish to analyze healthcare systems and … Continue reading What’s in it for me anyway? – incentives in healthcare
Applying AI in real “healthcare” world
My previous post discussed Challenges to doing ML in healthcare. This one suggests ways to apply AI in that overcome these challenges to realize the potential of AI in the real “healthcare” world. Strategically Choose use cases well, and design to get quick wins to prove ROI early. You will likely encounter a lot of resistance to … Continue reading Applying AI in real “healthcare” world
Challenges to applying ML in healthcare
A number of trends have paved the way for increasing adoption of machine learning (ML) in healthcare. We’re capturing more volume and types of health data than ever. Software for ML are evolving fast. Hardware advances have made the computing power cheaper, more agile, modular and scaleable than ever. However, despite these significant advances, adoption … Continue reading Challenges to applying ML in healthcare
A health data whisperer’s tricks
Some of you may remember the 1998 movie The Horse Whisperer. In it, Robert Redford’s character, who had a remarkable talent to understand horses, was able to help a horse and its owner overcome fears and recover from a tragic accident. It’s a lovely slow paced movie, well worth enjoying a popcorn over 🙂 In … Continue reading A health data whisperer’s tricks
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