Leveraging Data Science for Global Health
This open access book explores ways to leverage information technology and machine learning to combat disease and promote health, especially in resource-constrained settings. It focuses on digital disease surveillance through the application of machine le
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Leveraging Data Science for Global Health
Leo Anthony Celi Maimuna S. Majumder Patricia Ordóñez Juan Sebastian Osorio Kenneth E. Paik Melek Somai •
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Editors Leo Anthony Celi Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA Patricia Ordóñez University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras San Juan, PR, USA Kenneth E. Paik Institute for Medical Engineering and Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA
Maimuna S. Majumder Boston Children’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA Juan Sebastian Osorio ScienteLab, Department of Global Health University of Washington Seattle, USA Melek Somai Imperial College London London, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-47993-0 ISBN 978-3-030-47994-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47994-7
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Preface
Historically, physicians have been the sole gatekeepers of medical knowledge. If a patient had a question more complicated than the choice of cold remedies or how to nurse a sprained ankle, they had to make an appointment to see a doctor. With the advent of the Internet and personal computers, patients can now quickly learn about possible diagnoses
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