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MScBMI Lecture: Using Big Data to Make Hospitals Safer

November 3, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Free

Biomedical informatics is one of the fastest-growing interdisciplinary fields and is now offered as a graduate degree program at the University of Chicago Graham School. Qualified applicants have the opportunity to be part of this specialized program, the Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics (MSc BMI). Students completing the program will be prepared with the necessary knowledge and technical skills to tackle everyday management issues and to guide large projects in clinical and research settings.

To learn more about the program, join us for an information session at the Gleacher Center. From 6:00-6:30 pm, Samuel L. Volchenboum, MD, PhD, MS, will lecture on “Using Big Data to Make Hospitals Safer” After 6:30pm, there will be a short presentation about the MScBMI program, Q&A, and time to speak one-on-one with program staff and faculty. Food and beverages will be available. To attend, please register at the link below.

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Lecture Description
An ever-increasing amount of information is now collected on patients due to implementation of electronic medical records at most hospitals. Once data is processed and cleaned to ensure high-quality information, it can be used to study adverse health events and what might cause them to occur. Using examples from research at the University of Chicago, prediction modelling using big data will be discussed. By utilizing these predictive algorithms, hospitals and healthcare providers can identify trends in their systems to identify those at greatest risk and ultimately make patients safer.

Samuel Volchenboum, MD PhD MS
Faculty Director
Dr. Volchenboum, MScBMI faculty director, is a pediatric oncologist and informaticist. In addition to taking care of children with cancer and blood diseases, Dr. Volchenboum directs the University of Chicago Center for Research Informatics (CRI), a 40-person group that provides computational support and collaboration to researchers within the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division. Dr. Volchenboum has a special interest in assembling and integrating large data sets to enable clinical research. Dr. Volchenboum’s main area of research is in utilizing large clinical data sets to make inferences about how disruptive events in the hospital can lead to downstream perturbations and alterations in healthcare delivery.

Details

Date:
November 3, 2016
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://apply-graham.uchicago.edu/register/?id=ce64d4a8-ffd9-4690-8a45-7c2dfe34f0c5

Organizer

Graham School Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics
Website:
https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/credit/biomedical-informatics/index

Venue

Gleacher Center
450 N Cityfront Plaza Dr
Chicago, IL 60611 United States
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