The American journal of medicine
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Mortality from firearms among US schoolchildren is an increasingly major clinical and public health crisis. We explored temporal trends in mortality from firearms among US schoolchildren from 1999 to 2017 by age and race. ⋯ Mortality from firearms in US schoolchildren is increasing at alarming rates, especially among blacks and those aged 15-18 years. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to quantify these recent epidemics. Although federal laws prohibited them until recently, analytic studies designed a priori to do so are necessary to test the hypotheses generated by these descriptive data. We believe that combatting the epidemic of mortality from firearms among US schoolchildren without addressing firearms is analogous to combatting the epidemic of mortality from lung cancer from cigarettes without addressing cigarettes.
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The Atrial fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway has been proposed to streamline patient management in an integrated, holistic manner. Compliance to ABC resulted in lower incidence of cardiovascular events, but its impact on health-related costs has not been evaluated. ⋯ Management of atrial fibrillation patients according to the ABC pathway was associated with significantly lower health-related costs. Application of the ABC pathway may help reduce healthcare costs related to cardiovascular events in this high-risk patient population.
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Life sciences researchers using artificial intelligence (AI) are under pressure to innovate faster than ever. Large, multilevel, and integrated data sets offer the promise of unlocking novel insights and accelerating breakthroughs. ⋯ AI increases learning capacity and provides decision support system at scales that are transforming the future of health care. This article is a review of applications for machine learning in health care with a focus on clinical, translational, and public health applications with an overview of the important role of privacy, data sharing, and genetic information.