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Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Public Health.

International journal of environmental research and public health
Artificial intelligence and automation are topics dominating global discussions on the future of professional employment, societal change, and economic performance. In this paper, we describe fundamental concepts underlying AI and Big Data and their ...

Organization of the cancer network in SUS: evolution of the care model.

Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
In the current context of epidemiological transition, demographic changes, changes in consumption and lifestyle habits, and pressure on care costs and organized health systems for acute conditions, the Integrated Care Model by Shortell has become a c...

Digital Diabetes Data and Artificial Intelligence: A Time for Humility Not Hubris.

Journal of diabetes science and technology
In the future artificial intelligence (AI) will have the potential to improve outcomes diabetes care. With the creation of new sensors for physiological monitoring sensors and the introduction of smart insulin pens, novel data relationships based on ...

Artificial Intelligence in Public Health and Epidemiology.

Yearbook of medical informatics
OBJECTIVES:  To introduce and summarize current research in the field of Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics.

Consumption of illegal home-made alcohol in Malawi: A neglected public health threat.

Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)
This study assessed the ethanol and methanol contents of homemade spirit (Kachasu) sold in Blantyre, Malawi. The likelihood of ethanol and methanol toxicity, respectively, was determined through Monte Carlo simulations using reported Kachasu intake v...

Prediction of influenza-like illness based on the improved artificial tree algorithm and artificial neural network.

Scientific reports
Because influenza is a contagious respiratory illness that seriously threatens public health, accurate real-time prediction of influenza outbreaks may help save lives. In this paper, we use the Twitter data set and the United States Centers for Disea...

The utility of LASSO-based models for real time forecasts of endemic infectious diseases: A cross country comparison.

Journal of biomedical informatics
INTRODUCTION: Accurate and timely prediction for endemic infectious diseases is vital for public health agencies to plan and carry out any control methods at an early stage of disease outbreaks. Climatic variables has been identified as important pre...

Humanitarian health computing using artificial intelligence and social media: A narrative literature review.

International journal of medical informatics
INTRODUCTION: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 130 million people are in constant need of humanitarian assistance due to natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and conflicts, among other factors. These health crises can compromis...

Tuberculosis diagnosis support analysis for precarious health information systems.

Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary tuberculosis is a world emergency for the World Health Organization. Techniques and new diagnosis tools are important to battle this bacterial infection. There have been many advances in all those fields, but in de...

Big Data in Public Health: Terminology, Machine Learning, and Privacy.

Annual review of public health
The digital world is generating data at a staggering and still increasing rate. While these "big data" have unlocked novel opportunities to understand public health, they hold still greater potential for research and practice. This review explores se...