How to save lives in developing countries | Ziad Obermeyer | TEDxHarvardCollege

What are the top three causes of death for Harvard graduates? As it turns out, mental illness, extreme sports, and car accidents while traveling in developing countries. Ziad Obermeyer, an emergency physician, discusses how applying best practices in the emergency room in developing countries can drastically improve health outcomes--for locals and for visitors.

Ziad Obermeyer's research applies traditional statistics and machine learning to study high-stakes clinical decisions: emergency diagnosis and treatment, predicting mortality, and end-of-life care. He is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a practicing emergency physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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