Harvard Business Review May 6, 2022
J. Hunter Young, Kyle Richardville, Bradley Staats, and Brian J. Miller

Summary.

Automated clinical algorithms promise to transform primary care. Clinical algorithms specify the steps of a clinical process, leading from inputs such as a patient’s diagnosis to outputs such as recommendations for medication, further diagnostic testing, imaging, or even specialty referrals. Once automated, they direct the care process without real-time clinician input.

Automated clinical algorithms can be as simple as age-based rules that trigger a scheduling call for a preventive vaccination or as complex as an automated clinical pathway specifying a series of tests and treatments for chronic conditions such as high blood pressure. As...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Primary care, Provider, Technology
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