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"The most dangerous decision-making fallacy is that informed decision-makers will naturally make better, more objective decisions. Making consistently timely, effective, informed decisions takes hard work. Trust me – it’s worth it. Effective decision-making is the essential common ingredient behind every successful step, initiative, and strategy that people, organizations, and national governments undertake."
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ChatGPT and the battle over ethics
The current arguments over ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) hark back to those of two AI luminaries, MIT’s Joseph...
Ozzie Paez
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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Who decides? GPS, smart tech, and risky decision-making
Johnathan Turley’s post on the tragic death of a young father and husband[1] highlights the differences between technologies that help us...
Ozzie Paez
Oct 12, 20223 min read
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Validating AI in medicine - Biobeat
Biobeat’s announcement that its cuffless blood pressure measuring devices proved accurate across sex, BMI, and skin colors is a...
Ozzie Paez
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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Improving patient engagement with Biobeat's 24BP
This week I will discuss how the Covid pandemic and innovative new technologies are affecting hypertension control programs and patient...
Ozzie Paez
Jun 16, 20222 min read
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Communication and patient compliance
Numerous studies have identified poor communication between doctors and patients as a key contributor to low patient compliance with...
Ozzie Paez
Jun 8, 20222 min read
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Quantifying health and healthcare
The heart of digital transformation is quantification or more specifically the capacity to continuously measure (sample) processes,...
Ozzie Paez
Jan 29, 20222 min read
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Patients and innovators in healthcare
My last post demonstrated through an actual case how wearable health monitors and continuous patient monitoring are empowering patients...
Ozzie Paez
Jan 18, 20222 min read
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Patients driving healthcare innovation
Discussions of innovative medical technologies such as BioBeat’s remote patient monitoring system are usually framed from the...
Ozzie Paez
Jan 6, 20222 min read
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Saving lives in future emergencies
I authored this story several years ago based on 20+ years evaluating innovative health technologies, with input from health tech leaders...
Ozzie Paez
Jul 19, 20216 min read
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COVID lessons learned: Part 2
My previous post discussed community feedback received after 9/11 on federal plans for improving preparedness. We learned from healthcare...
Ozzie Paez
Apr 27, 20211 min read
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Improving medical safety with tech
I spent the last month exploring lessons learned during the COVID pandemic. Many were not new. For example, staff safety and the limited...
Ozzie Paez
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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Sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT)
This post focuses on sensing technologies indispensable to many #AI applications in fields like agriculture, medicine, and #epidemiology....
Ozzie Paez
Mar 18, 20211 min read
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AI's indispensable enablers
Artificial intelligence is most effective when complemented with other technologies, particularly modeling and analytics. These are...
Ozzie Paez
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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Getting our AI straight
Artificial intelligence is everywhere and so are countless misunderstandings, beginning with what it is and is not. AI broadly describes...
Ozzie Paez
Jan 21, 20211 min read
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Education redefined in the age of AI
Western education is built on a narrower-deeper paradigm. As students enter Bachelors, Masters, and PhD programs, of necessity, they...
Ozzie Paez
Jan 7, 20211 min read
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Reflecting on 2020
2020 was a banner year for those who study and apply decision-making in disrupted and uncertain environments. Decision-making under...
Ozzie Paez
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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Learning to talk healthcare
I've been investigating and researching the potential of emerging technologies to improve fitness, health, and patient empowerment for...
Ozzie Paez
Nov 21, 20201 min read
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Can damaging biases affect AI? Yes!
Many believe that artificial intelligence and smart technologies will eliminate their damaging influences, but experience and research sugge
Ozzie Paez
Nov 5, 20202 min read
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Availability heuristic and decisions on thin ice
THIS POST was first published in April 2012. It follows my previous post on heuristics and decision-making. It has been updated to...
Ozzie Paez
Oct 5, 20203 min read
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The future of medicines
COVID-19 is helping illuminate how our genetic makeup affects our response to viruses, medicines, and therapies.
Ozzie Paez
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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