Applications of Machine Learning in Digital Healthcare - (Healthcare Technologies) by Miguel Hernandez Silveira & Su-Shin Ang (Hardcover)

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About the Book This edited book focuses on the applications of machine learning in the healthcare sector, both at the macro-level for guiding policy decisions, and at the granular level, showing how machine learning techniques can be applied to help individual patients. Book Synopsis Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence in which computer algorithms are built to learn to perform set tasks, then use the data acquired to improve the performance of the processing of that data. At the macro-level, ML can be applied to look at health records of different segments of the population (eg. elderly, pregnant, asthmatic, stroke etc.) to assist with evidence-based policy decisions. At a…