Why a 95%-Accurate Prediction Model Can Still Be Useless in Hospitals
tallmetommy · x · 2026-10-29
A widely shared take argues that a prediction model with 95% accuracy in a research paper can still be useless in a hospital, because accuracy isn't the same as adoption.
- If clinicians don't trust it, understand it, or have time to use it, the math doesn't matter
- Healthtech's hardest problem isn't technical — it's human trust
- The author asks: what makes you trust a tool enough to use it on a real patient?
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