{"124141":{"#nid":"124141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and Emory Collaborate to Offer Predictive Health Track in M.S. Health Systems Degree","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University are partnering to offer a new master\u2019s degree program track in predictive health that will prepare students to become leaders who can make a significant impact in the health sector for generations to come.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new track in predictive health \u2013 a field of study that focuses on maintaining health rather than treating disease \u2013 will be within the existing Master of Science in Health Systems program, offered by the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; The program, slated to begin in August 2012, consists of 30 semester hours that can be completed in one year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the program, students will learn how to analyze and model the risk factors in large, complex healthcare databases, as well as how to link clinical observations with medical knowledge to improve health care choices and decisions.\u0026nbsp; Upon completion of the program, students will be prepared for leadership positions in the healthcare industry, capable of using quantitative and systems modeling to design, implement, and manage continuously improving healthcare delivery.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new master\u2019s program will also further the work of the Emory-Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute.\u0026nbsp; The Center for Health Discovery and Well Being, a unit of the Predictive Health Institute, opened in 2007 and has since screened 700 participants, collecting approximately 2,000 data points per visit (initial, six month, one year, two year, three year, etc.) of health related information. So someone who has been with the program for three years, for instance, will have approximately 10,000 data points in their history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students and faculty will analyze the collected data to understand the impact of the program.\u0026nbsp; Such intensive analysis can be used to develop a model or algorithm for software that could potentially advance the understanding and implementation of predictive health programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the past decade, we have seen continuously increasing healthcare expenses, which unfortunately have not resulted in an overall improvement in people\u2019s health status,\u201d said Pinar Keskinocak, Joseph C. Mello Professor in ISyE, director of research for the Health Systems Institute, and co-director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPredictive health focuses on maintaining health rather than on treating disease. This involves using patient data and new tools to identify and measure risks and deviations from health, and to intervene before a disease or health failure occurs. Given the unique features of the data and problems under investigation, there is a tremendous need for educating students and for new research,\u201d Keskinocak added.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis partnership was made possible by a grant from the George Family Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the program, please contact Professor Keskinocak at \u003Ca class=\u0022moz-txt-link-abbreviated\u0022 href=\u0022mailto:pinar@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epinar@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University are partnering to offer a new master\u2019s degree program track in predictive health.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and Emory University are partnering to offer a new master\u2019s degree program track in predictive health."}],"uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2012-04-16 09:34:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:00","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"125291":{"id":"125291","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894749","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:49","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"194497","name":"tech-tower.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech-tower_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech-tower_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":164905,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tech-tower_0.jpg?itok=ysu1LgS2"}}},"media_ids":["125291"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2305","name":"Emory University"},{"id":"246","name":"Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"id":"30441","name":"Master of Science in Health Systems program"},{"id":"6596","name":"predictive health"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}