HIMSS TV

Duke University Health System Chief Analytics Officer Stephen Blackwelder discusses what’s 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 is needed with any data sharing strategy.

Rob Wellen, regional vice president at KenSci, says one of the most common data analytics questions from providers is how to operationalize machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Skolkovo includes startups with a mission to improve healthcare around the world, says Konstantin Parshin, vice president of the Skolkovo Foundation.

Stefanie Veraghtert says she started the Big C. – for “cancer, coffee and care” – to connect a community that offers leadership and skill training, while transforming the patient journey.

Finland is using health data to make the lives of its population easier, says the country’s Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Päivi Sillanaukee, MD, PhD.

CEO Raja Sharif says FarmaTrust is using blockchain to ensure greater data integrity in areas such as AI, analytics and regulatory reporting, which can increase public confidence in the use of data.

Providence St. Joseph Health’s chief medical analytics officer is both a physician and a data scientist so understands clinical context as well as data structure, says CCO Amy Compton-Phillips.

Advocate Aurora Health Chief Health Information Officer Tina Esposito explains how her organization is using predictive analytics to identify high-risk patients.

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