The Mayo Clinic on Friday announced that its Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect distributed data network will expand internationally with a trio of new health system partners.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
With new partnerships with Brazil’s Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and Canada’s University Medical Network, the data-sharing network plans to expand its capabilities to applications. more advanced and accurate artificial intelligence.
These three health systems join Missouri-based Mercy, which begins a 10-year model validation and data sharing partnership with the Mayo Clinic in 2022.
With the new expansion Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect provides clinicians and researchers with secure, cloud-based access to identified data on three continents.
With Mayo’s “Data Behind Glass” approach, each health system will have access to expansive data sets to work with without the need to move it between organizations – each holding control over your own data throughout the process.
The goal is to develop and deploy new and innovative machine learning models, built using more diverse and representative patient data.
Dr John Halamka, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, said: “We describe the data needed for fair, rational AI as having depth (type of information), breadth (number of patients), and spread (inhomogeneity)”.
“To transform healthcare globally, we must extend our distributed data network to every continent. We must protect privacy, comply with international laws and regulations, and end knowledge from all languages.”
The Mayo Clinic plans to add new US and global members to the partnership in the coming months, according to Friday’s announcement.
“Mayo Clinic is transforming healthcare, but we are not doing this alone,” Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Gianrico Farrugia said in a statement. “We created the Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect to enable innovative organizations to join us to work together to create a healthier, more equitable future for everyone.”
TREND TO BIGGER WOMAN
For many years, the language barrier, combined with the fact that large and complex types of data – from electronic health records, X-ray and pathology images and videos – have made international cooperation possible. becomes too difficult.
But recent advances in secure cloud-based storage, coupled with the development of new AI models that can detect disease earlier and help develop targeted treatments, have made Such research alliances become much more feasible and promising.
Among Mayo’s recent artificial intelligence initiatives: an expanded collaboration with Numares on machine learning-based metabolic diagnostics and ongoing work with Duke, UC Berkeley and others on safer and more efficient method of implementing AI.
Listen to our recent HIMSSCast interview with Dr Sonya Makhni, medical director of Mayo Clinic Platform Solutions, about the “‘challenges, opportunities, and promises’ of healthcare AI, and read the synopsis. our briefing on her keynote at the HIMSS23 Machine Learning & AI for Healthcare Forum.
ON PROFILE
“In addition to accelerating the ability to leverage and transform data-driven care, the Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect will enable the inclusion of Latin American populations, currently understudied, in research settings,” said Sidney Klajner. global research with advanced technology and artificial intelligence”. , the president of Einstein based in Brazil, in a statement.
“It is clear that this population profile needs to be considered, taking into account genetic background and characteristics,” he said. “This will be reflected in the development of more equitable health projects, such as expanding the delivery of low-cost digital resources for vaccines and drugs.”
Dr Eyal Zimlichman, transformation director and chief innovation officer at Sheba added: “Creating a truly global network will break down language barriers and enable inclusion of diverse populations, we I’m unlocking the potential of AI solutions to revolutionize healthcare around the world.” Medical Center.
Kevin Smith, CEO of UHN said: “Teamwork, technology and bold thinking are essential to changing the way healthcare is delivered and putting patients first.
Mike Miliard is executive editor of Healthcare IT News
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