Ozzie Paez
ChatGPT and the battle over ethics
The current arguments over ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) hark back to those of two AI luminaries, MIT’s Joseph...
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"The most dangerous decision-making fallacy is that informed decision-makers will naturally make better, more objective decisions. Making consistently timely, effective, informed decisions takes hard work. Trust me – it’s worth it. Effective decision-making is the essential common ingredient behind every successful step, initiative, and strategy that people, organizations, and national governments undertake."
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Ozzie Paez
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
Who decides? GPS, smart tech, and risky decision-making
Johnathan Turley’s post on the tragic death of a young father and husband[1] highlights the differences between technologies that help us...
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Ozzie Paez
- Aug 9, 2022
- 2 min
Validating AI in medicine - Biobeat
Biobeat’s announcement that its cuffless blood pressure measuring devices proved accurate across sex, BMI, and skin colors is a...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
Improving patient engagement with Biobeat's 24BP
This week I will discuss how the Covid pandemic and innovative new technologies are affecting hypertension control programs and patient...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
Communication and patient compliance
Numerous studies have identified poor communication between doctors and patients as a key contributor to low patient compliance with...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Quantifying health and healthcare
The heart of digital transformation is quantification or more specifically the capacity to continuously measure (sample) processes,...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jan 18, 2022
- 2 min
Patients and innovators in healthcare
My last post demonstrated through an actual case how wearable health monitors and continuous patient monitoring are empowering patients...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Patients driving healthcare innovation
Discussions of innovative medical technologies such as BioBeat’s remote patient monitoring system are usually framed from the...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jul 19, 2021
- 5 min
Saving lives in future emergencies
I authored this story several years ago based on 20+ years evaluating innovative health technologies, with input from health tech leaders...
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Ozzie Paez
- Apr 27, 2021
- 1 min
COVID lessons learned: Part 2
My previous post discussed community feedback received after 9/11 on federal plans for improving preparedness. We learned from healthcare...
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Ozzie Paez
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Improving medical safety with tech
I spent the last month exploring lessons learned during the COVID pandemic. Many were not new. For example, staff safety and the limited...
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Ozzie Paez
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
Sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT)
This post focuses on sensing technologies indispensable to many #AI applications in fields like agriculture, medicine, and #epidemiology....
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Ozzie Paez
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
AI's indispensable enablers
Artificial intelligence is most effective when complemented with other technologies, particularly modeling and analytics. These are...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
Getting our AI straight
Artificial intelligence is everywhere and so are countless misunderstandings, beginning with what it is and is not. AI broadly describes...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jan 7, 2021
- 1 min
Education redefined in the age of AI
Western education is built on a narrower-deeper paradigm. As students enter Bachelors, Masters, and PhD programs, of necessity, they...
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Ozzie Paez
- Dec 30, 2020
- 1 min
Reflecting on 2020
2020 was a banner year for those who study and apply decision-making in disrupted and uncertain environments. Decision-making under...
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Ozzie Paez
- Nov 21, 2020
- 1 min
Learning to talk healthcare
I've been investigating and researching the potential of emerging technologies to improve fitness, health, and patient empowerment for...
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Ozzie Paez
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
Can damaging biases affect AI? Yes!
Many believe that artificial intelligence and smart technologies will eliminate their damaging influences, but experience and research sugge
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Ozzie Paez
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
Availability heuristic and decisions on thin ice
THIS POST was first published in April 2012. It follows my previous post on heuristics and decision-making. It has been updated to...
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Ozzie Paez
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
The future of medicines
COVID-19 is helping illuminate how our genetic makeup affects our response to viruses, medicines, and therapies.
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