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April/May 2020 Report
Accenture acquires Ahmedabad-based big data company Byte Prophecy– May 18, 2020
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/accenture-acquires-ahmedabad-based-big-dataanalytics-company-byte-prophecy/articleshow/75800046.cms?from=mdr-Accenture announced that they have acquired Ahmedabad-based Byte Prophecy – anautomated insights and big data analytics company
Financial terms were not disclosed
This acquisition will result in an addition of nearly 50 data science and data engineeringexperts, with a focus on insight automation
The suspect that this will help the company meet the growing demand for enterprise-scale
AI and digital analytics solutions
Businesses are increasingly relying on advanced analytics and AI to ensure insightdriven, rapid decision making
Byte prophecy was founded in 2011
The two companies have worked closely since 2018 on open innovation efforts
Over the past year, Accenture has made Applied Intelligence acquisitions in Australia,
Spain, North America, and the U.K. to enhance its portfolio of technologies and helpclients across the globe

Predictive Analytics in Healthcare – May 5, 2020
https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2020/05/why-predictive-analytics-are-critical-better-caredelivery- In a 2019 survey from the Society of Actuaries, 69% of healthcare executives said they
are now using predictive analytics within their organizations
o 28% increase from 2018
- Penn Medicine, uses a program that gleans data from a patient’s electronic health recordand a machine learning algorithm to develop a prognosis score upon arrivalo This helps them determine high-risk individuals so they can adjust their careaccordingly- At Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, predictive analytics helped to reduce operating
costs
o They struggled to handle unexpected midday rushes in the ERo By launching a data analytics program, they were able to determine that adding an
11am shift could alleviate the bottlenecko This also reduced the need for overtime pay and calling in extra staff- Vanderbilt University Medical Center used predictive analytics to forecast the numberand timing of expected surgeries so they can staff less people during slow periods

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October 8, 2019 - https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2019/10/how-predictive-analyticsimpacting-patient-care-perfcon- Philadelphia-based healthcare system, Penn Medicine, began harnessing predictive
analytics in 2017 to power a trigger system called Palliative Connect- The program obtains data from patients’ electronic health records and uses a machinelearning algorithm to develop a prognosis scoreo This score is generated based on 30 different factors
o The program identifies patients who are at the highest risk of a bad outcome when
they arrive- Palliative Connect initially ran as a pilot program at one of Penn Medicine’s hospitals
from December 2017 to February 2018
o The program yielded a 74% increase in the number of patient identified forconsultation (85 patients compared to 22)- CheXNeXt is an AI algorithm being trained and studied by researchers at Stanford
University
o It is able to screen chest X-rays in a matter of seconds to detect 14 differentpathologies with an accuracy rivaling that of radiologistso Researchers hope to be able to use the algorithm to help with the diagnosis ofurgent care or emergency patients who come in with a cougho The idea is that the algorithm can triage the X-rays and sort them into prioritizedcategories for doctors
Healthcare Analytics – April 16, 2020
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-analytics-market-size-to-reach-usd-40781-billion-by-2025--cagr-of-23-55---valuates-reports-301041851.html--The global healthcare analytics markets is estimated to grow from USD 11.461 Billion in2019 to USD 40.781 Billion by 2025o A compound annual growth rate of 23.55%
Trends influencing the healthcare analytics market size/growtho Transitions from paper charts to real-time monitoring systems and the use ofelectronic health records to gather patient health datao Huge amounts of money are being invested in R&D processes to gain advantages
in the market for health care analytics. This is expected to fuel the growth ofhealthcare analytics market sizeo The outbreak of COVID-19 has prompted countries around the world toreconsider the initiative to implement healthcare analytics
Types of healthcare analytics

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description of historical data to provide useful information and potentially prepare
the data for further studyo Predictive Analytics – method of extracting data from existing data sets todetermine patterns and predict future trends and outcomeso Prescriptive Analytics – focuses on finding the best course of action in a scenario.
Related to descriptive and predictive analytics but stresses on actionable insights
rather than data monitoring
Applications of healthcare analytics
o Clinical analytics
o Financial analytics
o Operational and administrative analytics
o Population health analytics
Segmentation in Healthcare analytics market base on end-usero Healthcare payer
o Healthcare providero Academic organizationo Biotechnology industry
Regional healthcare analytics market trends
o It is predicted that North America will account for the biggest market sharefollowed by Europe▪ A large share of this is primarily due to the high rate of adoption ofhealthcare analytics technologies and services by healthcare providers
o US healthcare analytics market holds the largest market share in North America▪ Top players in the healthcare anlaytics market▪ Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.
▪ Cerner Corporation▪ International Business Machines Corporation▪ McKesson Corporation▪ Optum▪ Citiustech▪ Health Catalyst, Inc.
▪ Inovalon, Inc.
▪ MedeAnalytics▪ Oracle Corporation▪ SAS Institute Inc▪ SCIOInspire, Corp.
▪ Verscend Technologies, Inc.
▪ VitreosHealth, Inc.
▪ Wipro Limited
Top players in Asia-Pacific Healthcare Analytics/Medical Analytics market

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Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
CernerHealth Catalyst
IBM
Inovalon
McKesson
Medeanlytics
Optum
OracleSAS Institute
SCIO Health Analytics
Verscend Technologies
CitiusTech
WIPRO

Cerner teams with Hospital IQ – May 21, 2020
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cerner-teams-hospital-iq-expand-predictive-analyticsreopening---Cerner (an American supplier of health information, technology solutions services,devices, and hardware) announced this week that it is working with Hospital IQ (anAI-based operations management platform), which specializes in automation
technology to help hospitals and health systems build out their clinical andoperational predictive analytics capabilities
As healthcare systems begin to reopen and reschedule surgeries and medical
procedures that were delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis, the collaboration aims tohelp health systems better understand where resources are in use and how they canbe more efficiently deployed
They also plan on working together on new approaches to expanding situationalawareness across hospitals and health systems
Hospital IQ’s cloud-based platform already combines machine learning-powered
analytics and simulation technology to help hospitals optimize surgical resourcealignment, patient flow, and staff scheduling
Cerner will help health systems manage resource allocation by predicting when an
operating room is in use and assessing how many clinicians are needed
The pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of planning and efficient
resource allocation

Predictive Analytics Identifies Patients at Risk of Pancreatic Cancer – April 23, 2020
https://healthitanalytics.com/news/predictive-analytics-identifies-patients-at-risk-of-pancreaticcancer

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Risk factors for pancreatic cancer include family history, chronic conditions such as
diabetes and pancreatitis, smoking, and certain circulating biomarkers tied toinsulin resistanceThis study examined the combined effect of these factors
They analyzed data from 500 patients diagnosed with primary pancreatic
adenocarcinoma and 1091 matched controls
They enrolled only US non-Hispanic white patients as genomic risk variants havenot been confirmed in other groups
Researchers collected information on lifestyle and clinical characteristics frompatients through patient questionnaires and blood samples and genomic DNA fromperipheral blood leukocytes
They them calculated a weighted genetic risk score based on data from 2 genomewide association studies
The researchers developed 3 relative predictive analytics models for men andwomen separatelyo 1) only clinical factorso 2) weighted genetic risk score along with the clinical factorso 3) added biomarkers proinsulin, adiponectin, IL-6, and total branched-chainamino acids
The final integrated model identified 2.0 percent of men and 2.3 percent of women
who had at least 3x greater than average risk in 10 years of follow-up
The study suggests that combining biomarkers with clinical and genetic factors canhelp identify patients who could benefit from early screening of pancreatic cancer

Cloud updates on Splunk – May 27, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/splunk-rolls-out-cloud-updates-new-machine-learningcapabilities/-Splunk Inc. is an American public multinational corporation based in San Francisco,California that produces software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machinegenerated big data via a Web-style interface (https://www.splunk.com/)
The company announced improvement to its cloud and machine learning
capabilities along with other updates to the core Splunk platform such as
improvements to its real-time stream processingo This will provide users with a more unified way of monitoring and managing
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will deliver a centralized framework for monitoring and investigation
Splunk also recently announced that Splunk Cloud is available on Google Cloud,
better enabling customers to share data between applications and draw insightsfrom data sets pulled from hybrid, multi-cloud environments
The company recently reported that its cloud revenue was up 81% year-over-year
in its first quarter and that cloud is driving nearly half of its software bookingThey are also updating its Machine Learning Toolkit (MLTK) with a simplified,customizable, interface designed to make the toolkit more accessible to a broader
audience
The latest version of the Splunk Data Stream Processor (DSP) which is their realtime stream processing service, offers more advanced streaming capabilities and theoption to collect data in a single, unified locationo It also lets organizations mark customer or sensitive information on thestream and route that data to different locations within their organization
with data guarantees

Harvard-developed tool lets policymakers base their economic decision on fresh
information - May 7, 2020
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/05/a-tool-to-provide-policymakers-with-real-timedata/- Opportunity Insights (a Harvard-based institute of social scientists and policy analysts
that harnesses big data for policy solutions) launched an interactive tool that uses realtime data to measure the depth of the economic downturn and give evidence of any
recovery – it is called the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker(https://tracktherecovery.org/)o Open an free for public use- The tool provides lawmakers real-time analysis of data such as consumer spending andjob postingso It can break down this information geographically and compare indicators to precrisis levels- Currently, the economic data and financial trends on which public officials rely to gauge
the state of the economy comes with a lag of about a montho The core of this data is held by companies in the private sector and initiallyrestricted to internal use. As a result, by the time it is compiled, analyzed, anddelivered to lawmakers, it is generally weeks oldo This tools will help to fill in this lag- The tracker pulls and continually updates data from multiple streams – including privatecompanies that have agreed to share data with Opportunity Insights such as Burning
Glass Technologies (compiles job postings) and Homebase (an employee scheduling andtime-tracker software provider)Eugene Consulting Inc.
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Toronto, ONM4V 1N5-They also pull information prom public sources at both the state and federal levels suchas unemployment insurance claims
Information can be broken down by geography, industry, and income levels
It does not reveal information about specific individuals, transaction, or businesses
Collaborator on the project:o Bill and Melinda Gates Foundationo Brown University