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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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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...

Ozzie Paez
Jul 19, 20216 min read
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Epidemiology beyond pandemics
It’s only natural, in the shadows of COVID-19, for Epidemiology to become synonymous with the study and modeling of infectious diseases....

Ozzie Paez
Jul 15, 20211 min read
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Preparedness and healthcare specs
I’ve spent much of my career helping clients define their needs, expectations, and #requirements in the face of continuous technological...

Ozzie Paez
May 21, 20211 min read
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Research: Tech and catastrophes
Healthcare, Public Health, and Emergency Services endured unprecedented challenges coping with #covid19. The pandemic’s impacts on the...

Ozzie Paez
May 20, 20211 min read
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Coping with mass casualty events
Previous posts in this series dealt with lessons learned after a mass casualty event – 9/11. This one focuses on mounting disasters that...

Ozzie Paez
May 6, 20211 min read
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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...

Ozzie Paez
Apr 27, 20211 min read
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COVID lessons learned: Part 1
Covid’s broadly impacted healthcare systems and their stakeholders. Hospitals were the most critical and hardest hit components on the...

Ozzie Paez
Apr 15, 20211 min read
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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...

Ozzie Paez
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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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....

Ozzie Paez
Mar 18, 20211 min read
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Improving models and predictions
My previous post illustrated modeling through the SIR epidemiological model. This one describes how models are updated based on how well...

Ozzie Paez
Mar 4, 20211 min read
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Modeling Infectious Diseases (SIR)
My last post discussed how #AI, #modeling, and #analytics complement each other and synergistically drive performance and...

Ozzie Paez
Feb 18, 20211 min read
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AI's indispensable enablers
Artificial intelligence is most effective when complemented with other technologies, particularly modeling and analytics. These are...

Ozzie Paez
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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Getting our AI straight
Artificial intelligence is everywhere and so are countless misunderstandings, beginning with what it is and is not. AI broadly describes...

Ozzie Paez
Jan 21, 20211 min read
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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...

Ozzie Paez
Jan 7, 20211 min read
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Reflecting on 2020
2020 was a banner year for those who study and apply decision-making in disrupted and uncertain environments. Decision-making under...

Ozzie Paez
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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Learning to talk healthcare
I've been investigating and researching the potential of emerging technologies to improve fitness, health, and patient empowerment for...

Ozzie Paez
Nov 21, 20201 min read
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Decision-making’s crucial 3rd leg
In his book, Thinking Fast and Slow, Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman describes two systems that drive our thinking and decision-making....

Ozzie Paez
Nov 18, 20204 min read
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Can damaging biases affect AI? Yes!
Many believe that artificial intelligence and smart technologies will eliminate their damaging influences, but experience and research sugge

Ozzie Paez
Nov 5, 20202 min read
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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...

Ozzie Paez
Oct 5, 20203 min read
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Decisions and mental shortcuts
THIS POST was first published in April 2012. It's been updated to include new lessons and research in the science and craft of...

Ozzie Paez
Sep 30, 20203 min read
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