I think calling it prediction is a bit of a strong claim. It would probably be more accurate to say that deep patient comes to a diagnosis before the EDIT:s/pre

I think calling it prediction is a bit of a strong claim. It would probably be more accurate to say that deep patient comes to a diagnosis before the EDIT:s/prediction/physician, rather than necessarily predicting the future disease state. To properly claim prediction of the future disease state you would need to show that the patient does not have the disease at the time of the prediction. From what I have skimmed they do not do this in the paper, although to be fair this would probably not be practical because it would require more tests to have been done in the past which in many cases were not done, e.g. imaging to confirm absence of a cancer at the time of prediction. That said, I have worked on thia same problem and also lazily call it prediction. Also there is still immense value in earlier diagnosis in cases where early treatment leads to better outcomes, like in sepsis or cancer.