In Health, Predictions Are Better Than Reactions
The big data revolution that has changed our world in so many ways is now impacting the most sacred aspect of our lives: our health. Today, increasing amounts of digital data about our lifestyle, health, and healthcare are being captured by a wide range of industries. These data are being used for a wide range of applications from improving our fitness to predicting when we will get sick. This session will explore the past, present and future of predictive big-data health analytics. The challenges of using routinely captured healthcare data for predictive analytics will be discussed in the context of the presenters ongoing work in predicting sepsis and surgical-site infections.
Presenters
Edmund Jackson
Chief Data Scientist
HCA
Dr. Jackson joined HCA in 2014 as Vice President, Clinical Service Group (CSG) and Chief Data Scientist. He was promoted to head the CSG Data & Analytics Department on January 1, 2016. As VP, he le...
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Dir of Research
St. David’s Neuroscience And Spine Institute
Matthew Cowperthwaite is the Director of Research & Technology for St. David’s HealthCare Neurosciences. Since founding the research program in 2008, he has led development of research programs in...
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