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#IoT and #AI for health care and life sciences transformation

May 10, 2018
- highlights from the 9th May discussion
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· 9 May 2018

Join SAS on May 9th at 6pm CET, 5pm UK, noon ET and 9am PT for , an online conversation where we can explore how will IoT and AI drive transformation in HLS.

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Got opinions on/interest in and ? Wonder how they're changing healthcare and life sciences? Join our next today, May 9, at 6:00PM CET, 5:00PM UK, 12:00PM ET and 9:00AM PT.

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Welcome panelists & participants! Please take a moment to introduce yourself and tell us where you are tweeting from today!

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As health care evolves, its entire ecosystem – from payers and providers to pharmaceutical companies and government agencies – seeks to find common ground. Q1: How is the role of in health care & life sciences evolving as a result of technology?

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A1: seems like analytics and big data equate to a higher standard of healthcare

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A1: in health care & life sciences mean better, safer products to market. In a lot less time.

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A1 from my perspective ( Events) the technology/analytics have evolved drastically over the past 10 years, while the industry goals have stayed constant (better care/lower costs)

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A1: Love this story of improved patient outcomes thanks to .

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1. Every prof in every med school teaches the students different rules; every med group has its own norms. We need evidence based algorithms to standardize the standard of care. 2. In the U.S., legal liability issues will be hugely important for adoption.

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A1 -- It's exciting to see how is helping advance through research studies like and . The future is now!

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As health care evolves, its entire ecosystem – from payers and providers to pharmaceutical companies and government agencies – seeks to find common ground. Q1: How is the role of in health care & life sciences evolving as a result of technology?
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A1: Technolog, esp with wearables, will accelerate the move to patient-centered, evidence-based care in ways that improve outcomes and reduce costs.

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As health care evolves, its entire ecosystem – from payers and providers to pharmaceutical companies and government agencies – seeks to find common ground. Q1: How is the role of in health care & life sciences evolving as a result of technology?
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We're off to a great start, let's continue...be sure to use A1, A2, etc for your responses. Q2: What opportunities come with capturing, processing & analyzing data in the medical Internet of Things? What challenges?

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A2: Answering Q2 with another question! (...Is that allowed?!) - Is 2018 the year of transforming health care through the medical ? Looking forward sharing perspectives with thought leaders across health care and life sciences during .

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A2: When you imagine the future of , we probably don’t think of cows wearing sensors that collect movement data to reveal fertility information. Or, wandering ’s patients who can be located by smart city streetlights.

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A2. Great for diagnostics, scary if insurance gets back to the concept of preexisting conditions. Probably end up selling the data so now we'll see ads tailored for our medical needs.

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A2: Here's a real-world example from , applying analytics to sensor data from medical equipment like MRI and CT scanners to maximize up-time via predictive maintenance.

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We're off to a great start, let's continue...be sure to use A1, A2, etc for your responses. Q2: What opportunities come with capturing, processing & analyzing data in the medical Internet of Things? What challenges?
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Pumped to see your breakout session on medical tomorrow

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A2: Well said @M_A_Wolff! Reminds me of this article series from : is the brain, is the body. (Horizontal concept, but especially appropriate title for a chat!)

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A2: so many cool thing- using AI to optimize wearables like hearing aids to more focused devices that facilitates remote healthcare. Let’s not ignore ability to optimize healthcare facilities by recognizing location and status of key equipment. Early days for sure

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A2: Monitoring hand hygiene with depth sensors can lead to prevention of hospital acquired infections

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Q3: How can providers, payers & pharma use to shift to high-value care?

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A glimpse into the future!

A2: When you imagine the future of , we probably don’t think of cows wearing sensors that collect movement data to reveal fertility information. Or, wandering ’s patients who can be located by smart city streetlights.
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Me, too! I'm particularly looking forward to @M_A_Wolff's medical session tomorrow at .

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Q3. United Health (full disclosure: my employer) has a nice video short about a family's day encountering healthcare in the near future.

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A3: Reducing costs and improving quality - quite a balancing act!

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Q4: In what operational areas of the organization have you observed advanced analytics & optimization in action?

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A3: Optimally coordinated therapies and medication help patients and can reduce costs. The right can be decisive.

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A3: seems like behavioral health remains a blind spot in health IT via

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So true. Thankfully there are organizations like that are using analytics to help individuals struggling with issues.

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A3: shows how strong organizational governance and a centralized platform can improve care quality, safety, and the patient experience.

Q3: How can providers, payers & pharma use to shift to high-value care?
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A3: Too insightful of a blog not to share via . Patient quality and data quality go hand in hand. Click here for more ->

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A4: might be a stretch for operational area -- but with antibiotic resistance rising to dangerously high levels - makes me wonder what role & optimization could play?

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A4: by using to clarify results, healthcare managers demonstrate that they are in control. via

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A4: in hospitals it is often a challenge to use existing resources efficiently. Classics are bed occupancy or OR workload.

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A4 Data driven mgt ensures high efficiency in many areas

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A4: I love this example from -- using to better care for the tiniest and most fragile of patients.

Q4: In what operational areas of the organization have you observed advanced analytics & optimization in action?
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Last question before final thoughts today.... Q5: How will augment human intelligence in health care and life sciences?

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A5: From AI-assisted surgery to AI-powered robots to help the elderly with everyday tasks, Americans seem to be warming to the idea of artificial intelligence in health care according to a recent SAS survey.

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As health care evolves, its entire ecosystem – from payers and providers to pharmaceutical companies and government agencies – seeks to find common ground. As we wrap up today's , what final thoughts would you like to share?

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A5: I see great potential in improving care. The workforce in nursing homes is chronically understaffed. and can solve many problems and perform simple supply tasks here in the future.

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A5: Great question -- can artificial intelligence transform the health care sector? Could we detect at an early stage using ?

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: After attending several conferences and discussions here in Europe it looks crucial to me to make sure patients (and society) are well prepared to engage into this next level of healthcare providing. There is still many concerns around.

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A5: is already improving human lives in supporting decisions for clinicians and at many places in the pharmaceutical life cycle. We are in an exciting world of increasing volumes and complexities of healthcare data - look at the project.

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population health studies like the NIH's All of Us research program and Renown IHI's Healthy Nevada Program are changing the face of health care and driving advances in precision medicine.

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A5: is already improving human lives in supporting decisions for clinicians and at many places in the pharmaceutical life cycle. We are in an exciting world of increasing volumes and complexities of healthcare data - look at the project.
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A5: : An additional aspect is how much control and data patients are willing to give away. Focus here is „who owns the patient data?“

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Final thought: Sharing a quick (and shameless!) plug to join us at ! Whether you're here at Worldwide HQ in Cary, NC or joining us virtually from around the world, we look forward to continuing the conversation!

As health care evolves, its entire ecosystem – from payers and providers to pharmaceutical companies and government agencies – seeks to find common ground. As we wrap up today's , what final thoughts would you like to share?
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A5: One big, early frontier for in health care will be in radiology, augmented by computer vision. Imagine the big gains from applied AI in sports having a similar impact in diagnoses and treatment!

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Last question before final thoughts today.... Q5: How will augment human intelligence in health care and life sciences?
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A5: As describes in this article, has tremendous potential to help curb . That's really important when you consider the rate is higher than the general population.

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Last question before final thoughts today.... Q5: How will augment human intelligence in health care and life sciences?
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A5: Another big gain in health care from will be for payers and providers addressing claims processing (and the patients who generate the claims). Imagine the impact similar to what Rogers has achieved in telecom!

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Last question before final thoughts today.... Q5: How will augment human intelligence in health care and life sciences?
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A5: Using video recording for diagnosing Parkinson's disease is a good example of using computer vision and machine learning to produce consistent and clinically useful measures of motor impairment:

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A5: Identifying the cells’ nuclei by image recognition can help research for almost every disease, from lung cancer and heart disease to rare disorders:

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A5: Predicting surgery duration helps increase hospital efficiency

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panelists & participants, we thank you for your insight today! We would also like to invite you to tune into the SAS Health Analytics Virtual Forum live from SAS HQ May 9th & 10th. Register for here:

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groundbreaking study has real potential to change health care as we know it – not just in Nevada but around the world via

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Indeed! is using its platform to help curb . They were able to reduce overall antibiotics usage by 7%.

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Japan lays groundwork for boom in robot carers

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Landmark population health study involving 50,000 northern Nevadans turns to SAS to reveal hidden health insights …

Healthy Nevada Project drives life-changing results with SAS
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Liked today? There's more... tune in at 3pm today for the SAS Health Analytics Virtual Forum. Hear the opening keynote presentation by Board Chair, United States of Care and Acting Administrator for CMS Andy Slavitt

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