“That’s not MY area of expertise” - How Natural Language Processing can help you treat the patient as a whole
Linguamatics
Throughout my journey of becoming a physician, I have been privy to lots of varying medical opinions/practices. One thing I have noticed is a lack of taking the entire patient, that is all the information available about a patient, into consideration. Now, working for a company specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP), I find myself wondering how could NLP have helped in these situations?
One stop shopping
I once came across a chain-smoking cardiologist, who would eat fast food everyday. He found it pretty humorous when I cracked a joke about his office proximity to the chain restaurant. I suggested that he put in a revolving door connected to the restaurant and start a campaign of “One Stop Shopping! Get your arteries filled and roto-rootered all within walking distance!” That is if you can walk about 100 feet with a lifestyle such as that. His response? Something about not being a nutritional expert: “my expertise is the heart!” At least, he did always tell his patients not to do what he did.