{"id":72,"date":"2017-05-04T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/2017\/05\/04\/dr-bayes-will-see-you-now\/"},"modified":"2017-05-04T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:31:00","slug":"dr-bayes-will-see-you-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/2017\/05\/04\/dr-bayes-will-see-you-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Bayes will see you now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got blood?\u00a0 Here’s an elegant example of the positive power of data-<\/span>informed<\/strong> decision-making.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transfusions save lives, but they are also expensive and not without risks.\u00a0 Each decision whether or not to transfuse is the output of some decision-making process, presenting the opportunity to reach a better balance by improving the algorithm.\u00a0 It may one day be possible to run every lab test that might be relevant at a reasonable cost and feed the results into an extremely accurate ML model developed at a reasonable cost.\u00a0 But we aren’t there yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

So these researchers built a system to compare readily available lab results to previously-developed guidelines, then inform the doctor whether or not a transfusion was indicated.\u00a0 The data did not drive the decision, and the primary goal of great patient outcomes was not altered.<\/span><\/p>\n

The result:\u00a0 “By simply asking doctors to think twice about transfusions, the hospital had not only reduced costs, but also improved patient outcomes.”<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/evidence-based-medicine-save-blood-save-lives-1.17224<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got blood?\u00a0 Here’s an elegant example of the positive power of data-informed decision-making. Transfusions save lives, but they are also expensive and not without risks.\u00a0 Each decision whether or not to transfuse is the output of some decision-making process, presenting the opportunity to reach a better balance by improving the algorithm.\u00a0 It may one day… Continue reading Dr. Bayes will see you now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-perils-of-metrics","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionsauce.com\/mole_end\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}