{"72098":{"#nid":"72098","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and IBM Partner on \u201cOne Million Healthy Children\u201d Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and IBM have announced a new research initiative that will apply\nadvanced systems modeling and large-scale data analytics capabilities to\nintegrate traditionally disparate data that affects health. The project, which\nincludes partnerships with Emory University, Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta,\nGeorgia Cancer Coalition and the Georgia Department of Community Health, will\ninitially focus on children suffering from diabetes, asthma and autism. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECalled One Million Healthy Children (1MHC), the project\nfocuses on two specific challenges healthcare providers face. First, the\ncurrent fee-for-service model in the United States means payment for action\nrather than for outcome, regardless of treatment effectiveness. The other\nchallenge is that health is affected by myriad factors \u2013 not just those that\nare apparent in lab tests. Factors like transportation, health services,\nsocio-economic status, food resources, educational attainment and many others\nall impact a child\u2019s health, but doctors often do not have access to this\ninformation. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E1MHC will adopt techniques from IBM\u2019s services research\nportfolio to model economic, incentive, treatment, disease and other factors\nthat affect healthcare decisions to find practices and policies that will shift\nthe focus of pediatric care from disease treatment to long-term wellness and\ndisease prevention. Additionally, IBM and Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ti.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETennenbaum Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, will work together\nto integrate a variety of data sources to advance model development and\nanalysis of the complex system of children\u2019s health. The goal of this\ncollaboration is to develop solutions for improved pediatric care.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are working to transform health care delivery systems by\ncreating proactive and easily accessible health and wellness technologies,\u201d\nsaid Executive Vice President for Research Stephen E. Cross. \u201cThis project underscores the power partnerships can have in using computing\nand engineering principles to positively impact children\u2019s health.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ability to make sense of mountains of data with IBM\u2019s\nanalytics capabilities is the perfect pairing to Georgia Tech\u0027s modeling expertise, according toTennenbaum Institute Executive Director William B. Rouse, co-chair of the\nNational Academies Healthy America Initiative and member of the National\nAcademy of Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy adding deep analytics to the formula, we hope to\nsystematically improve healthcare delivery, which will allow us to understand\nthe strategic, operational and economic trade-offs of different business models\nin the healthcare system,\u201d said Rouse.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 1MHC program will begin by integrating many types of\nanonymized healthcare data, which is untraceable back to any single individual,\nbut can be aggregated and analyzed. Data on care delivery and clinical\npractices will be obtained from a variety of participants in Georgia\u2019s\nhealthcare eco-system. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the first stages, health records for over 16,000\nchildren will be analyzed, initially focusing on those suffering from diabetes,\nthen asthma and autism, aiming to optimize policies that support the highest\nquality pediatric care by aligning treatments, outcomes, and costs. Privacy and\nsecurity of patient data and compliance with all current healthcare regulations\nwill be addressed throughout all phases of the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe outcome of this collaborative research effort will\nprovide model-based advice and guidance to healthcare providers. The goal is\nimproved alignment of time, money and expertise to achieve the best quality and\nmost cost-effective healthcare possible. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe insights from this project will\nhelp healthcare providers and policymakers in the state of Georgia understand\nthe impact of existing healthcare practices and of proposed changes. The\nmodel-based advice and guidance will further enable understanding of geographic\ninequities in healthcare use, quality, expenditure and outcomes, along with\nhighlighting inequities across the pediatric system.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Improving Pediatric Healthcare Goal of Joint Research"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and IBM have announced a new research initiative that will apply\nadvanced systems modeling and large-scale data analytics capabilities to\nintegrate traditionally disparate data that affects health.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology and IBM have announced a new research initiative called One Million Healthy Children."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2011-10-30 18:50:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:34","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72099":{"id":"72099","type":"image","title":"Protecting Georgia\u0027s Children","body":null,"created":"1449177434","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:14","changed":"1475894651","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:11","alt":"Protecting Georgia\u0027s Children","file":{"fid":"193644","name":"children_playing.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/children_playing_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/children_playing_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2974039,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/children_playing_0.jpg?itok=tNx8zP0A"}}},"media_ids":["72099"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/press\/us\/en\/pressrelease\/35812.wss","title":"IBM Press Release"},{"url":"http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/","title":"Institute for People and Technology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ti.gatech.edu\/","title":"Tennenbaum Institute Web site"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14105","name":"children\u0027s healthcare"},{"id":"7158","name":"cross"},{"id":"247","name":"Emory"},{"id":"2003","name":"Georgia Cancer Coalition"},{"id":"14919","name":"Georgia Department of Community Health"},{"id":"1126","name":"ibm"},{"id":"12888","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"14918","name":"One Million Healthy Children"},{"id":"3329","name":"Rouse"},{"id":"1727","name":"tennenbaum institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835 \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}