Definition
Clinical Inference
An AI-generated probabilistic assessment of a patient's health status or risk level, derived from multiple data inputs. Not a diagnosis — a statistically grounded estimate ('the likelihood of this person having hypertension is above population average') that requires clinician review before any action is taken. Axenya generates 95 million clinical inferences per month across its monitored population. The key distinction: a clinical inference routes a patient toward care; a diagnosis determines what care they receive. The former is automatable at scale; the latter requires physician judgment.
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