X-Message-Number: 3857
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 22:38:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: Predicting Death


In view of the high cost of doing remote standbys, the following is 
relevant: 

PREDICTING DEATH ON A SPREADSHEET
Doctors at the George Washington University Medical Center have developed a
computer model that predicts the number of days terminally ill patients
have left to live. The model, called Support, processes information about
the patients and their afflictions, and produces statistics that enable
doctors to calculate the probability of death on each of a patient's
remaining days. The program will be used to psychologically prepare
patients and their families for impending death. (Investor's Business Daily
2/7/95 A6)



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