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Artif Intell Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2020; 1(1): 30-36
Published online Jul 28, 2020. doi: 10.35712/aig.v1.i1.30
Published online Jul 28, 2020. doi: 10.35712/aig.v1.i1.30
Machine learning better predicts colonoscopy duration
Alexander Joseph Podboy, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
David Scheinker, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
David Scheinker, Department of Preoperative Services, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford, CA 94304, United States
Author contributions: All authors equally contributed to this paper, in regards to conception and design of the study, literature review and analysis, drafting and critical revision and editing, and final approval of the final version.
Institutional review board statement: This research was approved by the institutional review board at Stanford University.
Informed consent statement: The informed consent was waived.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Scheinker D serves as an advisor to Carta Healthcare - a healthcare analytics company. No other potential conflicts of interest or financial support to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Corresponding author: Alexander Joseph Podboy, MD, Academic Fellow, Doctor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States. alexander.podboy@gmail.com
Received: April 23, 2020
Peer-review started: April 23, 2020
First decision: June 4, 2020
Revised: June 15, 2020
Accepted: June 17, 2020
Article in press: June 17, 2020
Published online: July 28, 2020
Processing time: 94 Days and 14.3 Hours
Peer-review started: April 23, 2020
First decision: June 4, 2020
Revised: June 15, 2020
Accepted: June 17, 2020
Article in press: June 17, 2020
Published online: July 28, 2020
Processing time: 94 Days and 14.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Machine learning has been utilized to predict surgical procedure duration and enhance operating room proficiency, however its usefulness for predicting colonoscopy procedure duration has not been examined. Procedure duration predictions from a machine learning algorithm trained on data from the Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative database outperformed historical practice.