{"358901":{"#nid":"358901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology received a donation from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.leidos.com\/\u0022\u003ELeidos\u003C\/a\u003E, a national security, health and engineering solutions company, to support\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.i3l.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe Interoperability \u0026amp; Integration Innovation Lab (I3L)\u003C\/a\u003E, a virtual and physical laboratory for health information technology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe $40,000 donation supports the development of a pilot demonstration at I3L to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare. The pilot demonstration includes collaboration with the Georgia Department of Public Health and University of Georgia Public Health Department.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis gift from Leidos will provide students with the time and resources they need to begin the build-out of a data analytics platform to transparently help self-insured employers optimize the value \u2013 foremost patient health outcomes \u2013 of the healthcare dollars they expend,\u0022 said Myung Choi, technical manager at I3L.\u0026nbsp;\u0022We are excited about this opportunity and the early interest by both large and small Georgia-based, self-insured employers.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe donation will support I3L\u2019s efforts in the Triple Aim Initiative, a focus on three key areas: improving the patient care experience; improving population health; and reducing the per capita cost of health care.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech has been at the forefront of improving public health through the application of technology,\u201d said Doug Barton, chief technology officer at Leidos Health and member on I3L Industry Advisory Board. \u201cLeidos is pleased to support the pioneering work underway at I3L that reflects a much needed shift in academic research toward healthcare interoperability.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELeidos works with federal and commercial health customers to develop and implement standards-based solutions to ensure interoperability of healthcare information systems, including electronic health records. These solutions support the secure exchange of health information, which can be optimized to improve patient care and reduce costs. Leidos applies domain and technical expertise to deliver health data securely in ways that is transforming healthcare.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe mission of the I3L is to facilitate the future state of health IT toward better health and higher quality healthcare through applied technology. This \u201cliving laboratory\u201d provides participants access to a wide array of resources with which to experiment and innovate.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Donation from Leidos supports the Interoperability and Integration Innovation Lab"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe lab\u0027s work is focused on three key areas:\u0026nbsp;improving the patient care experience; improving population health; and reducing the per capita cost of health care.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Gift supports the Interoperability \u0026 Integration Innovation Lab, a virtual and physical laboratory for health information technology."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2014-12-19 09:48:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:46","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"80061":{"id":"80061","type":"image","title":"Tech Square Trolley","body":null,"created":"1449178071","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:51","changed":"1475894693","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:53","alt":"Tech Square Trolley","file":{"fid":"193899","name":"08c1004-p73-001_4.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08c1004-p73-001_4_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08c1004-p73-001_4_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":593829,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/08c1004-p73-001_4_0.jpg?itok=UvVQb9tR"}}},"media_ids":["80061"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.i3l.gatech.edu\/","title":"Interoperability \u0026 Integration Innovation Lab"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15092","name":"big data"},{"id":"33301","name":"data analytics"},{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"71261","name":"I3L"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}