Patient Outcome Prediction
Patient outcome prediction aims to forecast patient health trajectories using clinical data, improving healthcare decision-making and resource allocation. Current research heavily utilizes machine learning, employing diverse architectures like convolutional neural networks for image analysis, recurrent neural networks for time-series data, and graph neural networks to capture complex relationships between patient characteristics and outcomes. These models are increasingly incorporating multimodal data (e.g., imaging, genomics, clinical notes) and leveraging techniques like pre-training and data augmentation to enhance predictive accuracy and generalizability. Improved prediction accuracy has demonstrably led to better patient care, including reduced hospital stays and readmissions, highlighting the significant impact of this field on both clinical practice and healthcare systems.