Data-Mining Medical Records Could Predict Domestic Violence

Wired by Frederik Joelving | Oct. 2, 2009 (Special Report)

To a busy emergency physician, a split lip or a case of poisoning is just one of those things they deal with. But to a computer mining the patient’s medical history, it could be the last diagnosis needed to decipher a pattern of domestic violence. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Sep 30, 2009 - 3:49 PM PDT
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