by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Healthcare Ethics, Healthcare Revenue
Have you ever noticed how a patient’s body mass index (BMI) in the EHR seems to be placed alongside a patient’s vital signs, as if it is a vital sign? I don’t think BMI is a vital sign. For me, there are only four vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare Revenue
One thing I like about blueberries is that they are easy to pick. Why? Because they are low-hanging fruit. But when large healthcare institutions use combinations of AI and virtual visits to pick off the low hanging fruit of healthcare (such things as sore throats,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare Ethics
To develop deep technical expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) requires years of study and practice. It requires a solid background in mathematics and experience with programming, and it requires practical experience (and time) using these skills with large data...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, EHR, Natural Language Processing
One idea I run across frequently when hearing about natural language processing (NLP) and the electronic health record (EHR) is how real-time transcription of the conversations between patient and physician will free up the physician’s time so she can “concentrate on...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, Healthcare Innovation
Recently I attended an Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning Conference where one of the tracts was on AI for Enterprise. Within this tract, there was a Google talk on using AI to optimize employees seating to maximize useful connections between each other. Although...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, Python
I have one of two intellectual “hobbies” I would like to dive into more fully this year (both of which, oddly enough, involve languages). The first option is to dive deeper into Python programming. I did take a Python Stack course two years ago, reaching a point where...
