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Differential Clinical Significance of Medical Information
Modern Medicine desperately needs an absolute theoretical (logarithmic or exponential) basis to mathematically quantify the Significance of medical digital information (or data) that are stored in each patient’s digital records, to establish some necessary hierarchy or order in a way similar to the order achieved by the concept of “Indications” (for different forms of treatment etc) to the pre-hippocratic chaos of erratic personal arbitrary medical opinions, then heavily biased.
If a quantification of medical information’s Differential Significance is achieved, then the following dangers can be
(i) crucial, important medical information in small quantity, expressed in fewest bits (e.g. ‘Presence or Absence of spread of a cancer after staging investigations and procedures,’ ‘patient Alive or Dead’), may be hidden in a flooded ocean of large amounts of data (in GBs) much less important,
(ii) deep learning diagnostic algorithms may not become efficient to recognize the sequential hierarchy of significance of heterogeneous medical digital data that should be taken into account in order to reach a safe and reasonable final conclusion.
If a quantification of medical information’s Differential Significance is achieved, then the following dangers can be
(i) crucial, important medical information in small quantity, expressed in fewest bits (e.g. ‘Presence or Absence of spread of a cancer after staging investigations and procedures,’ ‘patient Alive or Dead’), may be hidden in a flooded ocean of large amounts of data (in GBs) much less important,
(ii) deep learning diagnostic algorithms may not become efficient to recognize the sequential hierarchy of significance of heterogeneous medical digital data that should be taken into account in order to reach a safe and reasonable final conclusion.
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Published February 4, 2016
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I.C. Papachristos
2 books7 followersI'm a thoracic surgeon and current Head of the Thoracic Surgery Department at the 424 Military Hospital in Greece. It’s a position I’ve held since 1999.
My early years were spent in my hometown, Kalampaka, which lies under Meteora, a picturesque rocky complex with post–Byzantine monasteries built on top. I studied Medicine at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. I’ve been practicing Medicine since 1988.
I began my specialist–training initially in Athens, Greece, then continued in the United Kingdom cities of London, Glasgow and Belfast. I’m a former Regent of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons for Greece (2005–2010). My areas of interest include lung cancer, bioethics, medical ethics, and medical documentation. Click on this link for more details about my scientific and medical work: www.icp-med.gr/engl/scientific/
I serve as a Colonel in the Hellenic Army Medical Corps.
My inspiration for writing emerged from career milestones and other events in diverse geographical locations and cities in the UK, Greece, the United States, France and elsewhere. My first three books were written and published in 2016: two in Greek and one in English: www.papachristos.eu
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My early years were spent in my hometown, Kalampaka, which lies under Meteora, a picturesque rocky complex with post–Byzantine monasteries built on top. I studied Medicine at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. I’ve been practicing Medicine since 1988.
I began my specialist–training initially in Athens, Greece, then continued in the United Kingdom cities of London, Glasgow and Belfast. I’m a former Regent of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons for Greece (2005–2010). My areas of interest include lung cancer, bioethics, medical ethics, and medical documentation. Click on this link for more details about my scientific and medical work: www.icp-med.gr/engl/scientific/
I serve as a Colonel in the Hellenic Army Medical Corps.
My inspiration for writing emerged from career milestones and other events in diverse geographical locations and cities in the UK, Greece, the United States, France and elsewhere. My first three books were written and published in 2016: two in Greek and one in English: www.papachristos.eu
In favor of :
coffee (lots of coffee), wire fox terriers, humanism, history, photography, design and reading.
Fb page: http://www.facebook.com/icpapachristos/
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May 7, 2016
As a computer scientist I was surprised to read a book written by a physician, yet so rich in different interesting data combined: archaeology, linear b syllabary, Homer's poetry, information theory, staging of cancer, medical diagnostic principles.
Even the footnotes contain valuable thoughts. The book is both comprehensive and short, as the ideas expressed are condensed; it is pleasingly read as a whole in one go.
More than happy to highly recommend this book.
Even the footnotes contain valuable thoughts. The book is both comprehensive and short, as the ideas expressed are condensed; it is pleasingly read as a whole in one go.
More than happy to highly recommend this book.
May 7, 2016
Very interesting brief book on medical informatics
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