Fostering Trust and Better Health: The Importance of Unrestricted Health Information Flow
Why patients and Stakeholders Demand Better Digital Health Information Sharing If you live in Texas and go on a vacation to a remote part of Mongolia with your credit cards in hand, you will be able to survive as far as there is an ATM close by and stores that accept major credit cards. This […]
Breaking Down Barriers: The Impact of Technology on The Fight Against Breast Cancer Disparity in Minority Populations
Breast cancer disproportionately impacts women of color. Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer at every age. The incidence of breast cancer is higher in black women and other women of color compared to non-Hispanic whites[1]. The disparity is grounded in many socio-economic and environmental factors/social determinants of health (SDOH). SDOH includes […]
Now is the Time to Rethink the Role of Advanced Health Technology in Addressing Public Health Inequity
Good intentions alone are not enough to reverse our health inequity In good faith, the U.S. Preventive Task Force (USPTF) changed the Lung Cancer (Lung CA) screening criteria to reduce the burden of Lung CA. However, the change had an unexpected effect and didn’t increase the screening rate among ethnic minority groups as expected [1]. […]
The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health Insurance Companies: Discrimination and Denied Care
Why are there risks and setbacks in AI and ML algorithms for chronic disease and population health management? 1) Data is everywhere, yet not enough to pull off a quality algorithm. a)Healthcare data is Messy AI/ML algorithms require an enormous amount of data. However, the quality of data is equally important. An algorithm built on […]
Infertility Patients Should Avoid Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) for Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing.
Polygenic risk score (PRS) is a type of genetic test/scoring system. Unfortunately, no evidence-based research validates the PRS method for pre-implantation genetic testing[1].
