What is an algorithm? According to the textbook, an algorithm is a set of specific sequential steps that describe exactly what the computer program must do to complete the required work. Figure 10.4, on page 426, shows the stages that each programming project follows. Step two is where the algorithm is, which is “making the plan.” The example the book uses is the pharmaceutical companies designing new drugs. When they design new drugs, they have to use complex computer programs that model molecules. The computer software programs help chemists create the new drug in a quicker manner that give the desired pharmacological effects.
Some other things that may be used in the medical field are calculators, flowcharts, look-up tables, and nomograms (Medical Algorithm). According to the medical dictionary, an algorithm is a model for making decisions. It shows the step-by-step process that a doctor or pharmacist would use. The process begins with a patient describing symptoms or problems that he or she has to a doctor. A doctor’s first instinct is to gather all the information and then analyzes the symptoms or problems. The next step is for the doctor to run a diagnostic test after gathering all of the information in order to recommend the best solution for the patient’s symptoms or problems. There are two different ways that the diagnostic test can go. The first option is the diagnostic test will tell exactly what is wrong with the patient and will recommend specific treatments
A Diagnostic Medical Sonographer is a type of doctor. This type of doctor works with the patient's body and uses special equipment to connect with the patient's body and create sound waves. They also do ultrasounds, sonograms, and echocardiography. All those treatments diagnose diseases in the body. It could also tell you if you're sick or any other medical conditions. When you do these procedures you have to be very careful with the equipment and if you mess the image up or whatever it could get false information then you could do the wrong procedure on the patient.
The applicability of number crunching in sensitive fields like medicine is also discussed in this book. It recommends doctors to have less wariness like the pilots and that the treatment should be based on statistical evidence which in turn depends on data or doctor’s dispositions. Though this process is time-consuming and challenging in terms of evidence collection, it would make the job of doctors simpler while at the same time assure better safety for the
This mode is particularly useful in helping the user select the clinical manifestations that are important without forcing them to enter a large number of less relevant findings. At any time in this mode, the user can interrupt DXplain to ask “Why?” i.e. to ask DXplain to justify why this particular clinical manifestation is important. DXplain will respond by displaying the name of the disease that is being considered at that point in the interaction and the reason the particular finding might be important in confirming the presence of that disease. DXplain’s ability to explain and justify are key elements of the system. It is critical that this system not be perceived as a magic black box that can somehow provide the “answer” to a complex diagnostic problem. We believe that physicians will not accept DXplain as a useful diagnostic assistant unless the clinical interpretations seem reasonable and unless the system can offer explanations that are understandable and persuasive. (Barnett et al.,
Diagnostic procedure: a procedure performed to obtain information needed to make a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Chapter 1 of James MacCormick’s book, Nine Algorithms That Changed The Future, provides an overview of what an algorithm is and introduces the reader of the algorithms that will be discussed throughout the book. An algorithm is a precise recipe that specifies the exact sequence of steps required to solve a problem (MacCormick, 3). Algorithm requires a sequence of steps that contain the instructions on what to do. One of the key elements of an algorithm is to have a set of rules in order to perform the mathematical calculations. Another feature of algorithms is that it always works. Computer science describes how to solve a problem using an algorithm. The main purpose of the book is to explain the algorithms one’s computer uses everyday
Medical coding, on the other hand, deals more closely with patient medical records. Medical coders work in the billing office, or “back office” of medical practices or hospitals. Alphanumeric codes are assigned to all illnesses, injuries and treatments. Medical procedures are coded for the purpose of classifying diseases in numerical sequences for identification and data collection purposes, similar to the Dewey Decimal System in libraries. Coding specialists review medical records and assign numeric codes for the diagnoses identified and procedures performed. Each medical procedure and patient encounter has a number (CPT code) associated with it which corresponds to an ICD code. These
The argument of the author consists of the limitations of the practical model of diagnosis, which have current systems based on the AI. Salvado underlines, even throughout the significant gap between the amount of information of which the computer may know, compared to the human brain, there is still a great difference between the accuracy of diagnosis provided by a real doctor and a program. The examples provided by the author brightly support his argument and show disadvantages and gaps in the current model of artificial intelligence technology application.
A thorough knowledge of medical terminology is extremely important in order to code. If you cannot find the term you are looking for, you will need to know where the term is located in the body in order or the exact problem you are looking for to find the term.
Diagnostics is, essentially, figuring out what is wrong with a patient. This is related to the
Technology, decision-making processes, and data accessibility have changed dramatically in recent years. This paper will discuss systems and informatics theories. The paper will confer on the Data, Information, and Knowledge (DIK) Model. The role of expert system in nursing care and medicine will be provided. Decision aids and decision support systems are used everyday providing focus, leadership and direction within technology and will be examined. The use of technology for patient and client management will be explored. An analysis of the
Algorithms are set of steps for solving a problem; algorithms also make the program faster. For example, when you are checkers games and you want the user to be able to play against the computer. Computer scientist must figure how to a checkers’ program that never loses by using the minimax search algorithm to search through the huge tree of possible moves. Another interesting topic that I learned in the video is object code. Object code is the output of a compiler after processes source code; source code was written by a human in a programming language for a computer program. A compiler is a conversion of source code into object code. Object code is usually a CPU, but sometimes it designed to convert source code into an assembly language or into some other programming
Algorithms are useful for clinicians because they provide a schematic visual that is presented in a multistep model to help in the diagnosis and
- Information involving more complex equipment and processes such as analysing a sample of blood to measure its haemoglobin content to assess whether a patient is anaemic or not
Medical or Diagnostic Imaging refers to the various techniques that can be used to see inside the human body. Its non-invasive nature means that the body does not have to be opened up surgically for medical practitioners to view the organs anatomically. In clinical settings, it can be used to aid in the diagnosis or treatment of different ailments. Many kinds of medical imaging techniques have already been developed, each with their own advantages
A procedural programming a program that contains a series of computational steps to be carried out. Procedural programming is a term to denote the way in which a computer programmer writes a program. This program works by using sequences of instructions. The types of procedural programming are pascal, c++ and c.