Abstract

Meta-learning, or learning to learn, has emerged as a powerful paradigm for creating adaptive models that can quickly adapt to new tasks with minimal data. In the context of personalized healthcare, meta-learning holds the potential to revolutionize precision medicine by enabling models that can personalize treatments based on individual characteristics. These models can leverage prior knowledge across multiple patients or conditions to provide rapid and accurate predictions for new patients, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery. This paper explores how meta-learning techniques can be applied to personalized healthcare, addressing the challenges of patient variability, data scarcity, and the need for individualized predictions. We also discuss several meta-learning strategies, such as Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning (MAML) and Prototypical Networks, and their integration into healthcare systems. Furthermore, we present case studies in areas like chronic disease management and treatment recommendation, highlighting the promise of meta-learning in precision medicine.