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
Research Domain of This Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Article-Type of This Article
Retrospective Study
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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.
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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
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
The usefulness of machine learning (ML) for predicting colonoscopy procedure duration has not been examined.
Research motivation
A ML algorithm trained on endoscopic data derived from the Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative database predicted colonoscopy procedure duration more accurately than the currently accepted standard practice and the improvement was greater as the tolerance for error decreased.
Research objectives
The aim of this study was to assess if ML and data available at the time a colonoscopy procedure is scheduled could be used to estimate procedure duration more accurately than the current practice.
Research methods
Total 40168 colonoscopies were collected. ML models predicting procedure duration were developed using data available at time of scheduling. The top performing model was compared against historical practice.
Research results
ML outperformed historical practice with 77.1% to 68.9%, 87.3% to 79.6%, and 92.1% to 86.8% accuracy at 5, 10 and 15 min thresholds, and the most important features of the model were: patient age, procedure year, and the degree year of provider year.
Research conclusions
The use of ML to estimate colonoscopy procedure duration may lead to more accurate scheduling.
Research perspectives
Further study is necessary to examine the implications of the deployment of such a model in a clinical setting, and assess if such models can be used in other gastrointestinal procedures.
