Category healthcare

Reflecting on 1 year with Health Tech Bytes

July ended up being a busy month transitioning to a new opportunity, but I wanted to reflect on one year of writing my blog, Health Tech Bytes. In this post,...

Black box AI: The challenge for healthcare adoption

After writing my last post, I wanted to revisit the black box phenomenon in AI models. AI is already embedded into many medical devices today, and the number of FDA-approved...

A primer on AI ethics and regulation in healthcare

I had not explored much into AI ethics and regulation until recently, when this article shed light into the on-going dilemma of liabilty when AI is used for patient care....

Relevance of transformer models for healthcare

Last week, nurses openly voiced concerns about the rush to adopt generative AI in healthcare, pitting the novel technology against the humanization of care. Healthcare is arguably at an inflection...

Can healthcare embrace the AI revolution?

“Healthcare loves a new new thing and generative AI is now it”, stated Robert Galvin, MD, an executive advisor of The Blackstone Group, in this Forbes article predicting the top...

EHRs in the US: Can LLMs make a significant impact?

Continuing on from my previous post on emerging tech’s value in healthcare, I was intrigued to review electronic health record (EHR) adoption in the US and across other countries. While...

Emerging tech's value in a time of healthcare verticalization

For 2024, I’m going to be switching up some of my posts to focus a bit more on the healthcare industry and current trends. 2023 was a fun time exploring...

Switchover disruptions: The true cost of an AI scribe

“Switchover disruptions” were highlighted in Harvard Business Review’s recent article on the challenges of AI adoption in healthcare. Economists define it as the cost of integrating new technologies that can...

Should AI replace the hospital fax machine?

VC firm Andressen Horowitz recently published an article on how the latest AI technologies will have a big impact on healthcare. Is it finally time to say good-bye to the...

When a correct diagnosis matters

When does a correct diagnosis matter? Does it matter if a human or computer makes the decision? I reflect on a recent article by the Mayo Clinic on a diagnosis...

Category AI

Black box AI: The challenge for healthcare adoption

After writing my last post, I wanted to revisit the black box phenomenon in AI models. AI is already embedded into many medical devices today, and the number of FDA-approved...

A primer on AI ethics and regulation in healthcare

I had not explored much into AI ethics and regulation until recently, when this article shed light into the on-going dilemma of liabilty when AI is used for patient care....

Relevance of transformer models for healthcare

Last week, nurses openly voiced concerns about the rush to adopt generative AI in healthcare, pitting the novel technology against the humanization of care. Healthcare is arguably at an inflection...

Can healthcare embrace the AI revolution?

“Healthcare loves a new new thing and generative AI is now it”, stated Robert Galvin, MD, an executive advisor of The Blackstone Group, in this Forbes article predicting the top...

EHRs in the US: Can LLMs make a significant impact?

Continuing on from my previous post on emerging tech’s value in healthcare, I was intrigued to review electronic health record (EHR) adoption in the US and across other countries. While...

Switchover disruptions: The true cost of an AI scribe

“Switchover disruptions” were highlighted in Harvard Business Review’s recent article on the challenges of AI adoption in healthcare. Economists define it as the cost of integrating new technologies that can...

Should AI replace the hospital fax machine?

VC firm Andressen Horowitz recently published an article on how the latest AI technologies will have a big impact on healthcare. Is it finally time to say good-bye to the...

When a correct diagnosis matters

When does a correct diagnosis matter? Does it matter if a human or computer makes the decision? I reflect on a recent article by the Mayo Clinic on a diagnosis...

Category PubMed

Create word embeddings from PubMed patient summaries

Building upon the previous tutorial on one-hot encoding, this tutorial will explore the concept of word embeddings and implement this with real-world data.

Encoding PubMed abstracts for NLP tasks

Last month, I gave a talk at a local meetup on LLMs, LangChain & SQL. Since then, I’ve wanted to explore the technical foundations of LLMs, particularly neural networks.

Category NLP

Relevance of transformer models for healthcare

Last week, nurses openly voiced concerns about the rush to adopt generative AI in healthcare, pitting the novel technology against the humanization of care. Healthcare is arguably at an inflection...

Create word embeddings from PubMed patient summaries

Building upon the previous tutorial on one-hot encoding, this tutorial will explore the concept of word embeddings and implement this with real-world data.

Encoding PubMed abstracts for NLP tasks

Last month, I gave a talk at a local meetup on LLMs, LangChain & SQL. Since then, I’ve wanted to explore the technical foundations of LLMs, particularly neural networks.

Category tutorial

Interact with critical care data using natural language

ChatGPT has had an illustrious year. Not only has it managed to be an imaginative assistant and pass various licensing exams, it has also sparked a significant cultural debate around...

Advancing analysis of FDA Adverse Events using LLMs

Patient safety continues to be an issue in 2023, with nearly 1 in 4 patients experiencing an adverse event upon admission. Up to 40% of adverse events were related to...

Create word embeddings from PubMed patient summaries

Building upon the previous tutorial on one-hot encoding, this tutorial will explore the concept of word embeddings and implement this with real-world data.

Encoding PubMed abstracts for NLP tasks

Last month, I gave a talk at a local meetup on LLMs, LangChain & SQL. Since then, I’ve wanted to explore the technical foundations of LLMs, particularly neural networks.

Category azure

Interact with critical care data using natural language

ChatGPT has had an illustrious year. Not only has it managed to be an imaginative assistant and pass various licensing exams, it has also sparked a significant cultural debate around...

Create word embeddings from PubMed patient summaries

Building upon the previous tutorial on one-hot encoding, this tutorial will explore the concept of word embeddings and implement this with real-world data.

Category python

Interact with critical care data using natural language

ChatGPT has had an illustrious year. Not only has it managed to be an imaginative assistant and pass various licensing exams, it has also sparked a significant cultural debate around...

Advancing analysis of FDA Adverse Events using LLMs

Patient safety continues to be an issue in 2023, with nearly 1 in 4 patients experiencing an adverse event upon admission. Up to 40% of adverse events were related to...

Create word embeddings from PubMed patient summaries

Building upon the previous tutorial on one-hot encoding, this tutorial will explore the concept of word embeddings and implement this with real-world data.

Category SQL

Interact with critical care data using natural language

ChatGPT has had an illustrious year. Not only has it managed to be an imaginative assistant and pass various licensing exams, it has also sparked a significant cultural debate around...

Create word embeddings from PubMed patient summaries

Building upon the previous tutorial on one-hot encoding, this tutorial will explore the concept of word embeddings and implement this with real-world data.

Category economics

Emerging tech's value in a time of healthcare verticalization

For 2024, I’m going to be switching up some of my posts to focus a bit more on the healthcare industry and current trends. 2023 was a fun time exploring...

Switchover disruptions: The true cost of an AI scribe

“Switchover disruptions” were highlighted in Harvard Business Review’s recent article on the challenges of AI adoption in healthcare. Economists define it as the cost of integrating new technologies that can...

Category langChain

Interact with critical care data using natural language

ChatGPT has had an illustrious year. Not only has it managed to be an imaginative assistant and pass various licensing exams, it has also sparked a significant cultural debate around...

Advancing analysis of FDA Adverse Events using LLMs

Patient safety continues to be an issue in 2023, with nearly 1 in 4 patients experiencing an adverse event upon admission. Up to 40% of adverse events were related to...

Category ChatGPT

Interact with critical care data using natural language

ChatGPT has had an illustrious year. Not only has it managed to be an imaginative assistant and pass various licensing exams, it has also sparked a significant cultural debate around...

Advancing analysis of FDA Adverse Events using LLMs

Patient safety continues to be an issue in 2023, with nearly 1 in 4 patients experiencing an adverse event upon admission. Up to 40% of adverse events were related to...

Category EHR

EHRs in the US: Can LLMs make a significant impact?

Continuing on from my previous post on emerging tech’s value in healthcare, I was intrigued to review electronic health record (EHR) adoption in the US and across other countries. While...

Interact with critical care data using natural language

ChatGPT has had an illustrious year. Not only has it managed to be an imaginative assistant and pass various licensing exams, it has also sparked a significant cultural debate around...

Category ethics

A primer on AI ethics and regulation in healthcare

I had not explored much into AI ethics and regulation until recently, when this article shed light into the on-going dilemma of liabilty when AI is used for patient care....

Category regulation

A primer on AI ethics and regulation in healthcare

I had not explored much into AI ethics and regulation until recently, when this article shed light into the on-going dilemma of liabilty when AI is used for patient care....

Category algorithms

Black box AI: The challenge for healthcare adoption

After writing my last post, I wanted to revisit the black box phenomenon in AI models. AI is already embedded into many medical devices today, and the number of FDA-approved...

Category writing

Reflecting on 1 year with Health Tech Bytes

July ended up being a busy month transitioning to a new opportunity, but I wanted to reflect on one year of writing my blog, Health Tech Bytes. In this post,...