30 d’abril 2018

Medicine as a data science (2)

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The Evolution of Patient Diagnosis: From Art to Digital Data-Driven Science Currently medical diagnosis is driven by a standard way to pro...
24 d’abril 2018

Equity and QALYs, terra ignota

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Incorporating equity in economic evaluations: a multi-attribute equity state approach Ptolemy used the term terra ignota for regions that ...
19 d’abril 2018

Man and machine, sharing the decision making effort

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Big Data and Machine Learning in Health Care From JAMA article It is perhaps more useful to imagine an algorithm as existing along a...
18 d’abril 2018

The meta-informational challenge of molecular data

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The future of DNA sequencing Where does DNA sequencing goes from here?. Nowadays, this is an appropriate question to pose.  The answer app...
13 d’abril 2018

The uncertain cost of clinical trials

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How much do clinical trials cost? A research on seven top pharmaceutical companies has provided fresh data about costs of clinical trials:...
11 d’abril 2018

Why is it so difficult to implement policies?

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Governance and the Law If you want to know an updated approach to policy reforms, then you have to read the World Development Report 2017 ...
09 d’abril 2018

Integrating genome and epigenome studies

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The Key Role of Epigenetics in Human Disease Prevention and Mitigation I've said it many times: beware of snake-oil sellers. Nowadays ...
18 de març 2018

Practice makes perfect (2)

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The Volume–Outcome Relationship Revisited: Practice Indeed Makes Perfect Why is it so difficult to accept it? There is wide "evidence...
16 de març 2018

The smart money in tech would not have made this mistake

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It's about Theranos . You may find my previous posts in this link . Now SEC has confirmed that was a "massive fraud". That...
15 de març 2018

The miracle of bread and fish

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According to the Gospels, a large crowd had gathered and was following Jesus. Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "I have com...
13 de març 2018

Allocating expenditures to diseases

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Guidelines for Measuring Disease Episodes: An Analysis of the Effects on the Components of Expenditure Growth One of the most interesting ...
11 de març 2018

The rethorical work of modern medicine

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Bodies in Flux; Scientific Methods for Negotiating Medical Uncertainty Evidence and persuasion play a crucial role in everyday task of any...
09 de març 2018

Medicine trends

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The future of medicine A new supplement in Nature explains the main trends in Medicine. It is really helpful to have a quick look focused ...
02 de març 2018

Setting priorities explicitly (or not)

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PRIORITISING HEALTH SERVICES OR MUDDLING THROUGH A chapter of this book explains who does what in prioritisation (resource allocation and...