Data Science Meets the Clinician: Challenges and Future Directions

Abstract

In the last three decades a profound transformation of the medical profession has taken place. The modern clinician is required to consume vast amounts of information from clinical studies, critically reviewing evidence that may or may not lead to changes in clinical practice. The present article presents some challenges that this era of information poses to clinicians and patients.

Keywords

outcomesprofessional affairs - education - mortality - morbidity

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