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Improving diagnosis and treatment decisions?

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Read time: 15 mins
Last updated:21st Nov 2020
Published:21st Nov 2020

How is technology improving diagnosis and informing treatment decisions?

The 21st century is seeing the rise of the machine with the development of applications and technology that can help inform patient diagnosis and treatment.

Technologies that enhance the abilities of healthcare professionals are already making waves in research across the world, such as the heightened interest in the utility of mHealth tools in shared decision making between atrial fibrillation (AF) patients and their clinicians when balancing the risks of venous thromboembolism12.

But can new technologies, like AI, replace doctors?

To answer this question, here’s another quick rundown of technologies that could transform healthcare; this time in the diagnosis of patients needing anticoagulation therapy.

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