Team from NORC Takes Top Health Analytics Prize at Health Datapalooza
May 10 2016 - 3:45PM
Business Wire
- Annual event brings together more than
2,000 stakeholders to discuss how best to put health data to work
to improve patient outcomes
- Contestants demonstrate value of
integrated data in managing chronic disease
Winners of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Data Challenge, announced
today at Health Datapalooza, highlight the power of integrated
datasets to improve treatment decisions for difficult-to-treat,
chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. Participants in
the challenge developed analytic methods health care practitioners
could implement at the point of care.
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Using de-identified integrated health care data provided by
Optum, an information and technology-enabled health services
business, challenge contestants worked to create algorithms to
predict clinical response to rheumatoid arthritis management, such
as which patients would need additional care provider support to
successfully manage their condition. The first challenge of its
kind, the Rheumatoid Arthritis Data Challenge drew on both private
(non-governmental) de-identified administrative claims data and
de-identified clinical data from electronic medical records
(EMRs).
“The purpose of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Data Challenge
highlighted creative ways new integrated datasets to can be used to
improve the critical support care providers offer patients who are
dealing with one of the most disabling types of arthritis,” said
Paul Wallace, senior scholar in residence at AcademyHealth.
Winners of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Data Challenge, sponsored by
Optum, AcademyHealth and the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, include:
- First place: NORC team, led by Shun
Zhang
- Second place: Pragmatics team, led by
Jared Spigner
- Third place: Evolent team, led by
Shantanu Phatakwala
Health claims databases have long been used to understand
aspects of the health care system, but, having been designed for
transactional needs like billing, these databases leave out
meaningful information about why certain health care decisions have
been made. Bringing in electronic medical records can help fill in
the blanks for researchers by combining what clinical treatment was
provided with the reasoning behind that decision.
“This integrated data holds enormous promise in helping care
providers, health plans and life sciences companies understand
unmet needs and opportunities in the health care system,” said Curt
Medeiros, president, Life Sciences, Optum. “By linking the ‘what’
and ‘why’ together, this single dataset can help drive meaningfully
better decision-making not only for populations, but also at the
individual patient level.”
Nine teams were selected as finalists for the competition after
submitting proposals outlining their approach and their predictive
models. Submissions were evaluated on a technical level as well as
the ease with which the results could be easily communicated to
care providers, health plans and pharmacists. The judging panel was
composed of experts with clinical, data analytics, informatics, and
patient experience and included:
Margo Edmunds, Chair; Vice President of Evidence Generation and
Translation and Academy Health; Kathleen Kimmel, American Nursing
Informatics Fellow at the Office of the National Coordinator;
Juergen Klenk, Principal at Deloitte Consulting, LLC; Shari Ling,
Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services; and Carolyn Petersen, Senior Editors,
mayoclinic.org.
“The winners of this challenge have shown how data presented in
an accessible way to decision makers can inspire innovation in
health care delivery and help inform critical decisions made at the
point of care,” said Greg Downing, Executive Director for
Innovation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
About AcademyHealth
AcademyHealth is a leading national organization serving the
fields of health services and policy research and the professionals
who produce and use this important work. Together with our members,
we offer programs and services that support the development and use
of rigorous, relevant and timely evidence to increase the quality,
accessibility, and value of health care, to reduce disparities, and
to improve health. A trusted broker of information, AcademyHealth
brings stakeholders together to address the current and future
needs of an evolving health system, inform health policy, and
translate evidence into action.
About Optum
Optum is a leading information and technology-enabled health
services business dedicated to helping make the health system work
better for everyone. With more than 100,000 people worldwide, Optum
delivers intelligent, integrated solutions that help to modernize
the health system and improve overall population health. Optum is
part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH). For more information, visit
www.optum.com.
About Health Datapalooza
Health Datapalooza is a national conference focused on
liberating health data, and bringing together the companies,
startups, academics, government agencies, and individuals with the
newest and most innovative and effective uses of health data to
improve patient outcomes.
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AcademyHealthLauren Adams,
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952-500-0592Christine.Farazi@Optum.com
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