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Applied Machine Learning for Healthcare and Life Sciences Using AWS

By : Ujjwal Ratan
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Applied Machine Learning for Healthcare and Life Sciences Using AWS

By: Ujjwal Ratan

Overview of this book

While machine learning is not new, it's only now that we are beginning to uncover its true potential in the healthcare and life sciences industry. The availability of real-world datasets and access to better compute resources have helped researchers invent applications that utilize known AI techniques in every segment of this industry, such as providers, payers, drug discovery, and genomics. This book starts by summarizing the introductory concepts of machine learning and AWS machine learning services. You’ll then go through chapters dedicated to each segment of the healthcare and life sciences industry. Each of these chapters has three key purposes -- First, to introduce each segment of the industry, its challenges, and the applications of machine learning relevant to that segment. Second, to help you get to grips with the features of the services available in the AWS machine learning stack like Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Comprehend Medical. Third, to enable you to apply your new skills to create an ML-driven solution to solve problems particular to that segment. The concluding chapters outline future industry trends and applications. By the end of this book, you’ll be aware of key challenges faced in applying AI to healthcare and life sciences industry and learn how to address those challenges with confidence.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Machine Learning on AWS
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2
Chapter 1: Introducing Machine Learning and the AWS Machine Learning Stack
4
Part 2: Machine Learning Applications in the Healthcare Industry
9
Part 3: Machine Learning Applications in the Life Sciences Industry
14
Part 4: Challenges and the Future of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences

Summary

In this chapter, we went through the different segments of the healthcare and life sciences industry. These include healthcare providers, healthcare payors, pharmaceutical organizations, medical devices, and genomics. In each of these segments, we went over some important applications of ML. We then got an introduction to some key AI services from AWS specific to healthcare and life sciences, such as Amazon Comprehend Medical, Amazon HealthLake, and Amazon Transcribe Medical. We also touched upon other services such as Amazon Textract and SageMaker that are not specifically designed for the healthcare and life sciences domain but address specific problems in the industry.

In Chapter 3, Machine Learning for Patient Risk Stratification, we will learn about how ML can help identify at-risk patients for various types of clinical conditions or medical events. Timely identification of these patients helps avoid negative healthcare outcomes and improves the overall quality of care...