Analytics

Foster care and adoption services provider KVC Health Systems faces a number of challenges as it tries to meet its predictive modeling goals, says CIO Lonnie Johnson.

Nigel Hughes, scientific director at Janssen Clinical Innovation, says in healthcare it's time to bring the flow of health information into 21st century.

Duke University Health System Chief Analytics Officer Stephen Blackwelder says applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to clinical care guidance is the next frontier of analytics.

Tom Foley, MD, senior clinical lead at NHS Digital, says the challenge for all countries is to make the data assets actionable, but trust needs to be the foundation of any data sharing strategy.

Rob Wellen, regional vice president at KenSci, discusses how his company is helping providers operationalize machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Blockchain ensures greater data integrity in areas such as AI, analytics and regulatory reporting, which can increase public confidence in the use of data, says FarmaTrust CEO Raja Sharif.

Amy Compton-Phillips, EVP and CCO at Providence St. Joseph Health, says her organization's chief medical analytics officer is both a physician and a data scientist so is able to understand clinical context as well as data structure.

"We think every problem can be solved with machine learning," says one AI and analytics expert. "That's not the case."

Srinivasan Suresh, MD, VP at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, says that it starts with engaging the clinicians and having a team to standardize care to reduce variation for measurable changes.

Tina Esposito, chief health information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, explains how her organization is using predictive analytics to identify high-risk patients.