Weekend Project: AI & Health Care

Lets start thinking AI project to assist medical care in Rural India.
Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is the use of complex algorithms and software to emulate human cognition in the analysis of complicated medical data. … The primary aim of health-related AI applications is to analyze relationships between prevention or treatment techniques and patient outcomes.

As usual Question starts with Why?
Lets dig into the data of medical professional per capita (Source:Wikipedia)

I don’t see possibility of increasing per capital Medical professional anytime soon considering the dearth of institutions unlike CUBA

User Story -Health Care

System takes input of symptoms from the patient.
System evaluates the symptoms & recommends the pathology tests to the patient.
User Inputs the data of pathology report into the system
System determines the severity of the case & assigns nearest medical professional
In case of emergency services, system triggers to the health authorities
Basis on the unique provided by the system, Health professional will already have complete analysis & possible recommendations available. this will help in record keeping
patient will also be able to schedule / Track things with notification for checkup time, Visit day/date, improvement areas
Patient could be recommended about Lifestyle changes

FAQ

my intention is to fill the gap of professionals and timely help for remote places.

Question 1) A few problems. You can’t verify the symptoms are true/accurate.

Completely agree – But initial diagnosis basis symptoms will give a fair idea of severity of the situation.

For example: Fever/ shivering / Vomiting = Probable cause could be something (Not mentioning any disease as a common person so that we don’t digress from the topic) .

Question 2) Especially if entered by the patient. How does any costly next step process eg emergency services trust the data?

In most of the cases, Doctor recommends tests to ascertain the situation. if the system could identify & recommend the diagnostic test for the patient, he will already have most of the data needed to help the patient.

How does the next step work?

Next step is Tele Medicine team aligned to discuss the situation with the patient & if required.

Question 3) Or even the patient identity?

Patient would have easy access to telemedicine & online consultation.

Question 4) Triage algorithms are in place extensively – mostly proprietary for internal processes.

i dont have much information regarding TRIAGE algorithms.

For me, idea is to build something which helps the professionals and patients before things go worse.

Hope i was able to answer questions to your satisfaction.

#	Country or Dependency	2000-2009 ^[1]	2007-2013 ^[2]
Size	Physicians per ^{10,000 people}	Physicians per ^{10,000 people}
1	Australia	19612	10	32.7
2	Austria	31175	38	48.3
3	Azerbaijan	32388	38	34.0
4	Albania	3626	11	11.5
5	Algeria	40857	12	12.1
6	Angola	1165	1	1.7
7	Andorra	249	37	40.0
8	Argentina	122623	32	38.6
9	Armenia	11088	37	27.0
10	Afghanistan	5970	2	2.7
11	Bahamas	997	28.2	28.2
12	Bangladesh	42881	3	3.6
13	Bahrain	2227	30	9.2
14	Belarus	46965	49	39.3
15	Belize	251	11	8.3
16	Belgium	44124	42	29.9
17	Benin	542	1	0.6
18	Bulgaria	27911	37	38.7
19	Bolivia	10329	12	4.7
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5540	14	19.3
21	Botswana	715	4	4
22	Brazil	320013	17	18.9
23	Brunei	400	11	14.4
24	Burkina Faso	921	1	0.5
25	Burundi	200	0.5	0.5
26	Bhutan	52	0.5	2.6
27	North Macedonia	5187	25	26.2
28	Vanuatu	30	1	1.2
29	Hungary	27957	28	30.8
30	Venezuela	48000	19	19
31	Vietnam	44960	6	11.9
32	Gabon	395	3	3
33	Guyana	366	5	2.1
34	Gambia	62	0.5	1.1
35	Ghana	2587	1	1
36	Guatemala	13367	9.3	9.3
37	Guinea	940	1	1
38	Guinea-Bissau	78	0.5	0.7
39	Germany	288182	35	38.9
40	Honduras	3676	6	6
41	Greece	59599	54	54
42	Georgia	19951	45	42.7
43	Denmark	17226	32	34.9
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5827	1	1
45	Djibouti	140	2	2
46	Dominican Republic	15670	19	14.9
47	Egypt	179900	24	28.3
48	Zambia	649	1	1.7
49	Zimbabwe	2086	2	0.8
50	Israel	25314	36	33.4
51	India	643520	6	7
52	Indonesia	204000	8	8
53	Jordan	15279	26	25.6
54	Iraq	15994	5	6.1
55	Iran	61870	9	9
56	Ireland	13141	31	26.7
57	Iceland	1120	38	34.8
58	Spain	163800	38	49.5
59	Italy	215000	37	37.6
60	Yemen	6739	3	2
61	Cape Verde	310	6	3.1
62	Kazakhstan	57387	39	36.2
63	Cambodia	2047	2	1.7
64	Cameroon	3124	2	0.8
65	Canada	62307	19	20.7
66	Qatar	2313	28	77.4
67	Kenya	4506	1	2
68	Cyprus	1950	23	23.3
69	Kiribati	20	2	3.8
70	China	1862630	14	14.9
71	Colombia	58761	14	14.7
72	Comoros	115	2	2
73	Republic of the Congo	401	1	1
74	North Korea	74597	33	33
75	Costa Rica	5204	13	11.1
76	Ivory Coast	2746	1	1.4
77	Cuba	72416	64	67.2
78	Kuwait	4840	18	17.9
79	Kyrgyzstan	12395	23	19.7
80	Laos	2000	3	1.8
81	Latvia	6940	30	35.8
82	Lesotho	89	1	1
83	Liberia	51	0.5	0.1
84	Lebanon	11760	33	32
85	Libya	7070	12	19
86	Lithuania	13729	40	41.2
87	Luxembourg	1326	29	29
88	Mauritius	1303	11	11
89	Mauritania	445	1	1.3
90	Madagascar	3150	2	1.6
91	Malawi	257	0.5	0.2
92	Malaysia	17020	7	12
93	Mali	1060	1	0.8
94	Maldives	302	9	14.2
95	Malta	1357	34	34.9
96	Morocco	18269	6	6.2
97	Marshall Islands	24	5	4.4
98	Mexico	303519	29	21
99	Micronesia	60	6	1.8
100	Mozambique	548	0.5	0.4
101	Monaco	270	71.7	71.7
102	Mongolia	6732	26	28.4
103	Myanmar	17791	4	6.1
104	Namibia	598	3	3.7
105	Nauru	10	8	7.1
106	Nepal	5384	2	2
107	Niger	288	0.5	0.2
108	Nigeria	55376	4	4.1
109	Netherlands	64417	39	39
110	Nicaragua	2045	4	9
111	Niue	4	20	30
112	New Zealand	8190	21	27.4
113	Norway	18143	39	42.8
114	Tanzania	300	0.5	0.3
115	United Arab Emirates	6946	15	25.3
116	Oman	4908	18	24.3
117	Cook Islands	20	12	12
118	Pakistan	127859	8	8.3
119	Palau	30	16	13.8
120	Panama	4431	15	16.5
121	Papua New Guinea	275	1	0.6
122	Paraguay	6355	11	12.3
123	Peru	34437	11.3	11.3
124	Poland	77479	20	22.2
125	Portugal	36138	34	41
126	South Korea	81998	17	21.4
127	Moldova	11167	27	29.8
128	Russia	614183	43	43
129	Rwanda	221	0.5	0.6
130	Romania	41455	19	24.5
131	El Salvador	7938	12	16
132	Samoa	50	3	4.5
133	San Marino	163	51.0	51
134	São Tomé and Príncipe	81	5	5
135	Saudi Arabia	41870	16	24.9
136	Eswatini	171	2	1.7
137	Seychelles	121	15	10.7
138	Senegal	741	1	0.6
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	89	8	8
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46	11	11
141	Saint Lucia	18	1.1	1.1
142	Serbia	20013	20	21.1
143	Singapore	6380	15	19.5
144	Syria	10342	5	14.6
145	Slovakia	16868	31	33.2
146	Slovenia	4766	24	25.2
147	United Kingdom	126126	21	28.1
148	United States	793648	27	24.5
149	Solomon Islands	60	1	2.2
150	Somalia	300	0.5	0.5
151	Sudan	11083	3	2.8
152	Suriname	191	5	5
153	Sierra Leone	95	0.5	0.2
154	Tajikistan	13267	20	19.2
155	Thailand	18987	3	3.9
156	Timor-Leste	79	1	0.7
157	Togo	349	1	0.5
158	Tonga	30	3	5.6
159	Trinidad and Tobago	1543	12	11.8
160	Tuvalu	10	9	10.9
161	Tunisia	13330	13	12.2
162	Turkmenistan	12104	24	24
163	Turkey	110482	15	17.1
164	Uganda	3361	1	1
165	Uzbekistan	71627	26	25.3
166	Ukraine	143728	31	35.4
167	Uruguay	12384	37	37.4
168	Fiji	380	5	4.3
169	Philippines	90370	12	12
170	Finland	17503	33	29.1
171	France	227683	37	31.9
172	Croatia	11799	26	28.4
173	Central African Republic	331	1	0.5
174	Chad	345	0.5	0.5
175	Montenegro	1233	20	21.1
176	Czech Republic	36815	36	36.2
177	Chile	17250	11	17.8
178	Switzerland	28812	40	40.5
179	Sweden	32495	36	39.3
180	Sri Lanka	10479	6	6.8
181	Ecuador	18335	15	17.2
182	Equatorial Guinea	153	3	3
183	Eritrea	215	1	1
184	Estonia	4414	33	32.4
185	Ethiopia	1806	0.5	0.3
186	South Africa	34829	8	7.8
187	Jamaica	2253	9	4.1
188	Japan	270371	21	23