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Simmons C, DeGrasse J, Polakovic S, Aibinder W, Throckmorton T, Noerdlinger M, Papandrea R, Trenhaile S, Schoch B, Gobbato B, Routman H, Parsons M, Roche CP. Initial clinical experience with a predictive clinical decision support tool for anatomic and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY & TRAUMATOLOGY : ORTHOPEDIE TRAUMATOLOGIE 2024; 34:1307-1318. [PMID: 38095688 DOI: 10.1007/s00590-023-03796-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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PURPOSE Clinical decision support tools (CDSTs) are software that generate patient-specific assessments that can be used to better inform healthcare provider decision making. Machine learning (ML)-based CDSTs have recently been developed for anatomic (aTSA) and reverse (rTSA) total shoulder arthroplasty to facilitate more data-driven, evidence-based decision making. Using this shoulder CDST as an example, this external validation study provides an overview of how ML-based algorithms are developed and discusses the limitations of these tools. METHODS An external validation for a novel CDST was conducted on 243 patients (120F/123M) who received a personalized prediction prior to surgery and had short-term clinical follow-up from 3 months to 2 years after primary aTSA (n = 43) or rTSA (n = 200). The outcome score and active range of motion predictions were compared to each patient's actual result at each timepoint, with the accuracy quantified by the mean absolute error (MAE). RESULTS The results of this external validation demonstrate the CDST accuracy to be similar (within 10%) or better than the MAEs from the published internal validation. A few predictive models were observed to have substantially lower MAEs than the internal validation, specifically, Constant (31.6% better), active abduction (22.5% better), global shoulder function (20.0% better), active external rotation (19.0% better), and active forward elevation (16.2% better), which is encouraging; however, the sample size was small. CONCLUSION A greater understanding of the limitations of ML-based CDSTs will facilitate more responsible use and build trust and confidence, potentially leading to greater adoption. As CDSTs evolve, we anticipate greater shared decision making between the patient and surgeon with the aim of achieving even better outcomes and greater levels of patient satisfaction.
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- Chelsey Simmons
- University of Florida, PO Box 116250, Gainesville, FL, 32605, USA
- Exactech, 2320 NW 66th Court, Gainesville, FL, 32653, USA
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- University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Atlantic Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, 1900 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, NH, USA
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- Mayo Clinic, Florida, 4500 San Pablo Rd., Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- , R. José Emmendoerfer, 1449, Nova Brasília, Jaraguá do Sul, SC, 89252-278, Brazil
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- Atlantis Orthopedics, 900 Village Square Crossing, #170, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 33410, USA
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- , 333 Borthwick Ave Suite #301, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, USA
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Ilan Y. Improving Global Healthcare and Reducing Costs Using Second-Generation Artificial Intelligence-Based Digital Pills: A Market Disruptor. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:811. [PMID: 33477865 PMCID: PMC7832873 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18020811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background and Aims: Improving global health requires making current and future drugs more effective and affordable. While healthcare systems around the world are faced with increasing costs, branded and generic drug companies are facing the challenge of creating market differentiators. Two of the problems associated with the partial or complete loss of response to chronic medications are a lack of adherence and compensatory responses to chronic drug administration, which leads to tolerance and loss of effectiveness. Approach and Results: First-generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems do not address these needs and suffer from a low adoption rate by patients and clinicians. Second-generation AI systems are focused on a single subject and on improving patients' clinical outcomes. The digital pill, which combines a personalized second-generation AI system with a branded or generic drug, improves the patient response to drugs by increasing adherence and overcoming the loss of response to chronic medications. By improving the effectiveness of drugs, the digital pill reduces healthcare costs and increases end-user adoption. The digital pill also provides a market differentiator for branded and generic drug companies. Conclusions: Implementing the use of a digital pill is expected to reduce healthcare costs, providing advantages for all the players in the healthcare system including patients, clinicians, healthcare authorities, insurance companies, and drug manufacturers. The described business model for the digital pill is based on distributing the savings across all stakeholders, thereby enabling improved global health.
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- Yaron Ilan
- Department of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 12000, Israel
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