Click to learn more about author Piyush Goel. The health care system today is in the midst of a much-needed technological revolution. Considering how medical errors are now the number three killer in the United States every year, this overhaul is sorely needed. Furthermore, COVID-19 stretched the health care system thin over the past 16 months. To many, it is a wake-up call on how our health care system needs the […]
Connecting Data to Improve and Validate Healthcare
Click to learn more about author Michael D. Shaw. The future of healthcare depends on unlocking and unifying data. Today a series of silos prevents progress by separating data; these silos occur because of incompatible technology, institutional challenges, competing business interests, and conflicting governmental requirements. So much data currently is inaccessible and incomplete, but connecting […]
Push Not Pull: Using Data Science to Improve OR Operations
Click to learn more about author Sanjeev Agrawal. While virtually every hospital has implemented a version of an electronic health record (EHR) that tracks the patient journey, most hospital administrators still use the tool in a “pull” manner; they start with something in mind and then look for the data. This causes problems when people aren’t […]