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Objective: The growing availability of large-scale observational clinical datasets and challenges in conducting randomized controlled trials have spurred enthusiasm in using causal machine learning (ML) for causal inference in observational…
Objective: Large language models (LLMs) are attracting increasing interest in healthcare. This commentary evaluates the potential of LLMs to improve clinical prediction models (CPMs) for diagnostic and prognostic tasks, with a focus on…
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This paper explores the challenges in evaluating machine learning (ML) models for continuous health monitoring using wearable devices beyond conventional metrics. We state the complexities posed by real-world variability, disease dynamics,…
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