A Transformer-Based Model for Zero-Shot Health Trajectory Prediction

Abstract Integrating modern machine learning and clinical decision-making has great promise for mitigating healthcare’s increasing cost and complexity. We introduce the Enhanced Transformer for Health Outcome Simulation (ETHOS), a novel application of the transformer deep-learning architecture for analyzing high-dimensional, heterogeneous, and episodic health data. ETHOS is trained using Patient Health Timelines (PHTs)—detailed, tokenized records of health events—to predict future health trajectories, leveraging a zero-shot learning approach.ETHOS represents a significant advancement in foundation model development for healthcare analytics, eliminating the need for labeled data and model fine-tuning. Its ability to simulate various treatment pathways and consider patient-specific factors positions ETHOS as a tool for care optimization and addressing biases in healthcare delivery. Future developments will expand ETHOS’ capabilities to incorporate a wider range of data types and data sources. Our work demonstrates a pathway toward accelerated AI development and deployment in healthcare..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 06. März Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Renc, Pawel [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Yugang [VerfasserIn]
Samir, Anthony E. [VerfasserIn]
Was, Jaroslaw [VerfasserIn]
Li, Quanzheng [VerfasserIn]
Bates, David W. [VerfasserIn]
Sitek, Arkadiusz [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2024.02.29.24303512

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XBI04270376X