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Thomas F Heston

Washington State University
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A case study in blockchain healthcare innovation

TF Heston - 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
Healthcare complexity and costs can be decreased through the application of blockchain
technology to medical records and insurance companies. Estonia has taken a leadership role …

SNM practice guideline for breast scintigraphy with breast-specific γ-cameras 1.0

…, L Lanzkowsky, J Weigert, TF Heston… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
VOICE Credit: This activity has been approved for 1.0 VOICE (Category A) credit. For CE
credit, participants can access this activity on page 17A or on the SNM Web site ( http://www.…

[HTML][HTML] Prompt engineering in medical education

TF Heston, C Khun - International Medical Education, 2023 - mdpi.com
Artificial intelligence-powered generative language models (GLMs), such as ChatGPT,
Perplexity AI, and Google Bard, have the potential to provide personalized learning, unlimited …

[PDF][PDF] The robustness index: going beyond statistical significance by quantifying fragility

TF Heston - Cureus, 2023 - cureus.com
Statistical significance is widely used to evaluate research findings but has limitations around
reproducibility. Measures of statistical fragility aim to quantify robustness against violations …

[PDF][PDF] Safety of large language models in addressing depression

TF Heston - Cureus, 2023 - cureus.com
Background Generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, exemplified by systems such as
ChatGPT, Bard, and Anthropic, are currently under intense investigation for their potential to …

[PDF][PDF] Statistical Significance Versus Clinical Relevance: A Head-to-Head Comparison of the Fragility Index and Relative Risk Index

TF Heston - Cureus, 2023 - cureus.com
Background In biostatistics, assessing the fragility of research findings is crucial for understanding
their clinical significance. This study focuses on the fragility index, unit fragility index, …

Standardizing predictive values in diagnostic imaging research.

TF Heston - Journal of magnetic resonance imaging: JMRI, 2011 - europepmc.org
A comment on this article appears in" Standardized predictive values." J Magn Reson Imaging.
2014 May; 39 (5): 1338. A comment on this article appears in" How much net gain does a …

The percent fragility index

TF Heston - Available at SSRN 4482643, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
This article proposes the Percent Fragility Index (PFI) as an improved measure of statistical
fragility in biomedical research. The PFI quantifies the percentage change in outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Predictive power of statistical significance

TF Heston, JM King - World journal of methodology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A statistically significant research finding should not be defined as a P-value of 0.05 or less,
because this definition does not take into account study power. Statistical significance was …

[PDF][PDF] The cost of living index as a primary driver of homelessness in the United States: a cross-state analysis

TF Heston - Cureus, 2023 - cureus.com
Background: Homelessness persists as a critical global issue despite myriad interventions.
This study analyzed state-level differences in homelessness rates across the United States to …