Chunking decision information: a way to make big data actionable

From Data to Actionable Knowledge and Decision

The Advanced Agent Technology Laboratory in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, the Human Computer Interaction Group at the University of Pittsburgh, the Munitions Directorate of Air Force Research Laboratory (MN/AFRL), Rome Labs and Northrup Grumman are partnering in early-stage research to address issues in high-level information fusion, including intent inferencing ...

Integrating big data and actionable health coaching to optimize wellness

The Hundred Person Wellness Project (HPWP) is a 10-month pilot study of 100 'well' individuals where integrated data from whole-genome sequencing, gut microbiome, clinical laboratory tests and quantified self measures from each individual are used to provide actionable results for health coaching with the goal of optimizing wellness and minimizing disease. In a commentary in BMC Medicine, Diama...

Before You Make That Big Decision… Hbr.org

THANKS TO a slew of popular new books, many executives today realize how biases can distort reasoning in business. Confi rmation bias, for instance, leads people to ignore evidence that contradicts their preconceived notions. Anchoring causes them to weigh one piece of information too heavily in making decisions; loss aversion makes them too cautious. In our experience, however, awareness of th...

THE BIG IDEA Before You Make That Big Decision

Clinical Decision-Making: a Way to Professional Empowerment in Nursing

Background. The dynamic and uncertain nature of health care environment requires nurses to be competent decision makers and to respond to the clients needs. Recently, the public and the government have criticized Iranian nurses because of a low quality patient care. However, the nurses’ views and experiences concern- ing the factors affecting their clinical practice and clinical decision making...