Focus on Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms in Danger
So sad. I think that this is one of the areas where the advances in machine learning in recent years can actually save lives. In medicine, the overlooking of subtle and not so subtle clues because you are focused on something else that grabs your attention is probably one of the big causes of these preventable deaths. Computers are wonderful in that they can always be analyzing and putting together patterns even when humans are focused on something else. My hope is that in the near future these systems will get deployed throughout the healthcare system and save many lives.<p>On a different note, one of the most important things for doctors to develop is a &quot;gut feeling&quot; of badly sick vs sick vs not sick. Some of the best doctors I worked with had an uncanny sense that there was something terribly wrong with the patient, even when the lab data, etc was not very alarming, and by acting quickly prevented all sorts of complications.