Tag: health
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Darth Vecdor Update: Toward a Shareable Knowledge Base Library
by Jonathan A. Handler, MD, FACEP, FAMIA Recently, I announced the free, open-source, public availability of Darth Vecdor (DV), a tool I wrote for creating graph databases (“knowledge bases” or “knowledge graphs“) using LLMs. For more info about DV, see either or both of: Or… visit the GitHub site to see more information and download…
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Introducing Darth Vecdor: A Free, Open-Source Platform to Create Knowledge Graphs Using LLMs (such as ChatGPT)
by Jonathan A. Handler, MD, FACEP, FAMIA I Wanted a Comprehensive Medical Knowledge Graph For decades, I have hypothesized that a comprehensive medical knowledge database (aka, “knowledge base” or “knowledge graph”) would enable radical positive transformation in healthcare. I wanted a database containing relationships between concepts, like: With such a database, I imagined we could…
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Predicting Correctly Seems More Often Luck Than Skill. I’m Making Some Healthcare Predictions Anyway.
by Jonathan A. Handler, MD, FACEP, FAMIA As of this writing (2025), there are about 8 billion people in the world. Let’s say that every person guesses the likelihood that “the stock market” (let’s say the S&P 500) will be up or down from one quarter to the next. And let’s say that this is…
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The Patient Hierarchy of Needs
by Jonathan A. Handler, MD, FACEP, FAMIA Introduction Back in 1943, a seminal work by Dr. Abraham Maslow was published describing the human hierarchy of needs. In this hierarchy, once lower level needs were adequately satisfied (i.e., basic physiologic needs like food and shelter), then higher level needs arise. In other words, people typically don’t…
Zero Effectors 