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If formatting is more important from an epistemological viewpoint than intelligent debate then I concede.

Thanks for the opportunity Mick...

I could start with 'If true, this certainly finishes the germ theory of disease once and for all.' Which I think was the comment which provided me with some worr ...

Reluctant as I am to wade in to this morass... Clearly not all models are equal and most are wrong but some are useful. However, throwing our collective arms in the air and declaring a pox on all thei ...

Makes for interesting reading. As for a solution, I don't think that this is amenable to reason or logic, as you imply, Mick.

Most recent report is here

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/515800/InfantMortalityInTheWestMidlandsFinal.pdf

The first adoptees were Toyota who employed this methodology. It has been described variously as lean, six sigma and Kaizen.

Interestingly too - Toyota have been keen to create an industry out of ...

Yes, SPG was a favourite of mine too - not related.

Gladly Mick,

Statistical process control charts (SPCs) are a very useful method of analysing quantitative runs of data to look for actual trends.

They start with a look at all your data to crea ...

Looking at the data from a run chart perspective the figures are part of a common cause variation pattern and do not represent any sort of special cause variation.
An SPC chart which I have built co ...

Background to the problem

The World Health Organisation has estimated that 47.5 million people worldwide have dementia and there are 7.7 million new cases each year. In the UK in 2014, there were a ...

Yes, except you could live to a ripe old age of a completely unrelated problem but serve out your last 30 plagued with anxiety that every bout of wind would be your death knell...

Meanwhile costing ...

I can furnish you with a few tricksy examples, but the most illuminating concerns abdominal aortic aneurysms. A highly laudable project a few years ago set out to screen (ultrasound scan) for this dan ...

If only life were that simple...

Screening is not easy and can result in unintended consequences.
Wilson and Junger proposed criteria which are worth considering, which are

The condition sought ...

No, I really cannot conceive that doctors will be replaced with robots.

As for being replaced by patients, an interesting idea but sadly all the Boolean algorithms in the world will fail to resolv ...

Health care is a complex adaptive system.

Diagnosis

Clinical diagnosis is one aspect of this system and is an additional layer of sophistication, as it relies on complex interactions between cl ...

Author	Message
Topic: The Flu
Alfred Wegener Replies: 1094 Views: 474499	Forum: Health Posted: 9:56 am Subject: Fair enough
Alfred Wegener Replies: 1094 Views: 474499	If formatting is more important from an epistemological viewpoint than intelligent debate then I concede.
Topic: The Flu
Alfred Wegener Replies: 1094 Views: 474499	Forum: Health Posted: 8:49 am Subject: The prodigal comments
Alfred Wegener Replies: 1094 Views: 474499	Thanks for the opportunity Mick... I could start with 'If true, this certainly finishes the germ theory of disease once and for all.' Which I think was the comment which provided me with some worr ...
Topic: The Flu
Alfred Wegener Replies: 1094 Views: 474499	Forum: Health Posted: 4:01 pm Subject: Epidemiologists
Alfred Wegener Replies: 1094 Views: 474499	Reluctant as I am to wade in to this morass... Clearly not all models are equal and most are wrong but some are useful. However, throwing our collective arms in the air and declaring a pox on all thei ...
Topic: National Statistics
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Forum: Politics Posted: 2:43 pm Subject: Consanguineous marriage and infant mortality in West Mids
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Makes for interesting reading. As for a solution, I don't think that this is amenable to reason or logic, as you imply, Mick.
Topic: National Statistics
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Forum: Politics Posted: 2:41 pm Subject: Consanguineous marriage and infant mortality in West Mids
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Most recent report is here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/515800/InfantMortalityInTheWestMidlandsFinal.pdf
Topic: National Statistics
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Forum: Politics Posted: 1:59 pm Subject: Six sigma, lean and Toyota
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	The first adoptees were Toyota who employed this methodology. It has been described variously as lean, six sigma and Kaizen. Interestingly too - Toyota have been keen to create an industry out of ...
Topic: National Statistics
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:58 am Subject: SPG
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Yes, SPG was a favourite of mine too - not related.
Topic: National Statistics
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:57 am Subject: SPC charts
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Gladly Mick, Statistical process control charts (SPCs) are a very useful method of analysing quantitative runs of data to look for actual trends. They start with a look at all your data to crea ...
Topic: National Statistics
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:36 am Subject: Voter registration data
Alfred Wegener Replies: 52 Views: 74720	Looking at the data from a run chart perspective the figures are part of a common cause variation pattern and do not represent any sort of special cause variation. An SPC chart which I have built co ...
Topic: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:10 pm Subject: Should we screen for neurodegenerative illness for example?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Background to the problem The World Health Organisation has estimated that 47.5 million people worldwide have dementia and there are 7.7 million new cases each year. In the UK in 2014, there were a ...
Topic: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 7:41 am Subject: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Yes, except you could live to a ripe old age of a completely unrelated problem but serve out your last 30 plagued with anxiety that every bout of wind would be your death knell... Meanwhile costing ...
Topic: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:46 pm Subject: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	I can furnish you with a few tricksy examples, but the most illuminating concerns abdominal aortic aneurysms. A highly laudable project a few years ago set out to screen (ultrasound scan) for this dan ...
Topic: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:34 pm Subject: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	If only life were that simple... Screening is not easy and can result in unintended consequences. Wilson and Junger proposed criteria which are worth considering, which are The condition sought ...
Topic: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:13 pm Subject: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	No, I really cannot conceive that doctors will be replaced with robots. As for being replaced by patients, an interesting idea but sadly all the Boolean algorithms in the world will fail to resolv ...
Topic: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:19 am Subject: Artificial intelligence - is it any way intelligent at all?
Alfred Wegener Replies: 14 Views: 42761	Health care is a complex adaptive system. Diagnosis Clinical diagnosis is one aspect of this system and is an additional layer of sophistication, as it relies on complex interactions between cl ...