PCCI Innovation – Pediatric Asthma AI/ML program receives Kaiser Permanente grant

PCCI Innovation – Pediatric Asthma AI/ML program receives Kaiser Permanente grant

The Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (KP-DOR) in partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has selected PCCI and Parkland Health’s AI/ML Model for Pediatric Asthma Care as one of five national programs to receive the prestigious award to advance Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare (AIM-HI).  The three-year grant is designed to evaluate the implementation of existing Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning algorithms that enhance diagnostic decision-making, identify best practices for scalability, and build capacity for effectively implementing and rigorously evaluating the use of AI/ML algorithms in real-world settings.  Through a rigorous and highly competitive process involving more than 120 leading organization pioneering AI in healthcare, the five organizations were selected representing a diverse set of diagnostic areas, patient populations and clinical settings.

“We are extremely proud and excited to be selected for the Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative,” said PCCI’s CEO, Steve Miff, PhD. “This is one of the first and most comprehensive grants to date directly focusing on scaling and rigorously evaluating the ethical and equitable applications of AI in diagnostic decision-making in real-world settings.  We are looking forward to not only contributing to advance the adoption of AI in patient care using sound research methods but learning from the industry leading experts at the Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research and the pioneers in AI at the other AIM-HI peer organizations and their partners.”

PCCI and Parkland have developed and deployed an AI/ML risk prediction model leveraging EHR data to identify rising asthma risk in pediatric patients. The model generates risk reports to frontline providers and is integrated into Parkland’s EHR to trigger point-of-care alerts during outpatient visits for Very-High- or High-Risk patients.  The programs also include a direct to patients and care-givers text-based engagement, education, symptom monitoring and alerting.  Originally developed and deployed in collaboration with the Parkland Community Health Plan (PCHP) to support the care of Medicaid children across North Texas, the program was expanded to Parkland Health clinics in 2019 and has been highly effective in identifying rising risk patients and preventing ED and hospital admissions for asthma. (https://pccinnovation.org/parkland-program-helps-pediatric-patients-with-asthma-management/)   

The AIM-HI program will test the generalizability of Parkland’s model in two additional large Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs): Los Barrios Unidos (LBU) and Foremost Family Health Centers (Foremost), which serve some of the most underserved and diverse Dallas communities. 

In addition to the organizations directly involved in the AIM-HI program, PCCI and Parkland Health continue to partner with Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) to expand the use of the new Pediatric Asthma Surveillance System (PASS) that describes community-level information regarding pediatric asthma risk factors in Dallas County. The PASS dashboard is available on the DCHHS website where families can be made aware of their local risks. (https://pccinnovation.org/new-site/pediatric-asthma-surveillance-system/)

Leading the program for PCCI include Yolande Pengetnze, MD, MS and George (Holt) Oliver, MD, PhD, with Parkland Health’s Cesar Termulo, Jr., MD, as the lead program investigator.

PCCI and Parkland have been innovators in building, deploying and testing AI/ML model for over a decade, with close to a dozen active model in production today.  The pediatric asthma program supporting children with asthma in Dallas is one of these programs.  To learn more about PCCI’s overall work, please view our newly released 2023 Impact Report.

For more information about the Kaiser Permanente AIM-HI program and learn about the other awardees go to: https://divisionofresearch.kaiserpermanente.org/kaiser-permanente-ai-machine-learning-in-health-care/

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PCCI Receives “Achievement in Innovation” Award at ​D CEO​ Excellence in Healthcare Awards

PCCI Receives “Achievement in Innovation” Award at ​D CEO​ Excellence in Healthcare Awards

PCCI is proud to receive the “Achievement in Innovation” award from DCEO and we congratulate the other award finalists award for their service to the community. The program recognizes industry leaders and organizations for their industry achievements and impact on the North Texas economy. The award was received by PCCI’s CEO Steve Miff, PhD.

For more information about the finalists at this event, go to: https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-businehttps://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2023/09/finalists-announced-d-ceos-2023-excellence-in-healthcare-awards/ss/2023/09/finalists-announced-d-ceos-2023-excellence-in-healthcare-awards/

This past year, PCCI’s mission of innovation to help the most vulnerable in our communities led to the development of:

-The Community Vulnerability Index that enables its users to visualize and more fully understand the context and complexities of the social barriers to health, access, and well-being of a community’s most vulnerable populations.
https://lnkd.in/gMatRiSc

-The Pediatric Asthma Surveillance System: A collaboration between PCCI, Parkland Health and Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) that created a public dashboard that describes community-level information regarding pediatric asthma risk factors in Dallas County.
https://lnkd.in/gJYNvThp

-Preterm Birth Prevention: This ongoing program helps to keep at-risk mothers on track for full-term births.
https://lnkd.in/gQHpsGgE

PCCI CEO featured at Xtelligent Healthcare Media’s 4th Annual Payer+Provider Virtual Summit

PCCI CEO featured at Xtelligent Healthcare Media’s 4th Annual Payer+Provider Virtual Summit

Watch the recording of PCCI President & CEO Steve Miff, PhD, at Xtelligent Healthcare Media‘s 4th Annual Payer+Provider Virtual Summit where he shared real-world examples and best practices for combining the right people, efficient processes, and advanced technology to address the needs of underserved individuals and populations.

From the program overivew:

Collaboration between providers and payers enables the pooling of resources, expertise, and data, fostering coordinated and efficient care for communities. This unified approach, especially in value-based care models, promotes preventive health measures, streamlines processes, and addresses holistic community health needs.

To watch the full video presentation, go to:

https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/19441/597647?utm_source=brighttalk-sharing&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=linkshare

PCCI Makes DCEO’s D500 List for 4th Consecutive Year

PCCI Recognition: D CEO includes PCCI in the 2024 Edition of the Dallas 500

For the fourth year in a row, PCCI’s CEO, Steve Miff, PhD, has been included in the DCEO #D500 list of top leaders in North Texas. The special edition of DCEO profiles the region’s most influential business, civic, and nonprofit leaders. This honor recognizes PCCI’s impactful mission to support the health of the most vulnerable in our communities.
Read more about this honor here: https://lnkd.in/gHamqvKK

Read Dr. Miff’s profile here: https://www.dmagazine.com/sponsored/2021/12/steve-miff-named-among-dallas-500-honorees/

In The News: PCCI fighting back against rising infant mortality rates

PCCI fighting back against rising infant mortality rates

In this DCEO article, PCCI’s Yolande Pengetnze, MD, MS, FAAP, Vice President, Clinical Leadership, was quoted and PCCI (and its partners) were shown as leaders in helping support at-risk, pregnant women in the community – in the wake of new data released by the CDC. This article shows the real, positive impact of the preterm birth prevention program.

Read the article here: https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2023/11/texas-is-one-of-four-states-with-increasing-infant-mortality-this-local-organization-is-fighting-back/

A highlight from the article:

Lack of health insurance and access to prenatal care is a significant factor for infant mortality, says Dr. Yolande Pengetnze, a pediatrician at the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation. Other factors that increase infant mortality are Non Medical Drivers of Health, like transportation, healthy food, and childcare.

“When we see the data on infant mortality, an increase in mortality is driven by preterm delivery,” Pengetnze says. “It is mostly babies born at a gestational age of less than 24 weeks.”

PCCI has long been operating a program to target high-risk pregnant women to help them avoid preterm birth, the primary driver of infant mortality. The program helps them connect to prenatal care and overcome other barriers to seeing a provider. The Preterm Birth Intervention Program uses several factors to identify high-risk women signed up through the Parkland Community Health Program, a Medicaid managed care program. These women can sign up to receive text reminders to attend upcoming appointments and other educational interventions to prevent preterm births.

PCCI talks non-medical drivers of health data at Healthier Texas Summit

PCCI talks non-medical drivers of health data at Healthier Texas Summit

At the recent Healthier Texas Summit, Jacqueline Naeem, Senior Medical Director, Olayide Adejumobi, Associate Researcher and Guadalupe Negrete-lira, Manager, Connected Communities of Care, hosted an impactful 90-minute workshop. The session explored the potential for non-medical drivers of health (NMDOH)-related data to facilitate innovation between traditional healthcare settings and public health. During this workshop participants had the opportunity to share ideas on how to better integrate CHWs into healthcare systems, and improve collaboration.

For more information on this event, go to: https://healthiertexassummit.com/agenda/

(L/R) Jacqueline Naeem (Speaker) PCCI, Senior Medical Director, Olayide Adejumobi (Speaker) PCCI, Associate Researcher and Guadalupe Negrete-lira (Speaker) PCCI, Manager, Connected Communities of Care.

Tech Titans Celebrates Dallas’ Vision For The Future, Honor’s PCCI’s Steve Miff

Tech Titans Celebrates Dallas’ Vision For The Future, Honor’s PCCI’s Steve Miff

Tech Titans hosted a celebration of the past coupled with a vision for the future using the theme of “the future is now” which set the tone for the 2023 Annual Tech Titans Awards Gala presented by Dallas College at the Renaissance Dallas Plano Legacy West Hotel.

With an attendance of almost 430 people, the awards gala celebrated the achievements of 14 individuals and/or companies from the past year. This included honoring PCCI‘s CEO, Steve Miff, PhD, with Emerging Company CEO award.

For more details, click here: https://techtitans.org/awards-winners/

Texas Christian University Magazine features PCCI’s medical breakthroughs

Texas Christian University Magazine features PCCI’s medical breakthroughs

Texas Christian University Magazine features PCCI’s CEO Steve Miff, PhD, in a story about medical breakthroughs in an article titled: “IMAGINING MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS: Future doctors design solutions to health care challenges in a groundbreaking program.”

This story features a number of healthcare innovations, including those developed by PCCI, for example:

“If you enroll them in a diabetes-focused program, you might be addressing only one of the multiple things they are dealing with,” Miff said. Health care providers become used to treating problems sequentially, but that becomes a less effective strategy when, say, patients miss appointments because they struggle with issues like transportation or taking time off work.

To read the full story, click here:

Imagining Breakthroughs

AHIMA NMDOH Data Break Webcast – How PCCI uses NMDOH to support the community

AHIMA NMDOH Data Break Webcast – How PCCI uses NMDOH to support the community

In July, PCCI’s Chief Operating Officer, Aida Somun. MBA, PMP, joined AHIMA thought leaders and members for a webcast to share information about how AHIMA members are using #NMDOH data. Aida shared how PCCI’s modeling using NMDOH data helped Dallas County navigate the #covid pandemic, supported the understanding of Parkland Health patients, and built a connected community of care to improve care equity to support those who need help the most.

Listen to the webcast here:

PCCI a finalist for the D Magazine Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards 2023

PCCI, represented by CEO Steve Miff, was proud to be a finalist in the D Magazine Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards 2023 – Organization of the Year (Large). We were honored to share the stage with the winner, Make A Wish North Texas, and all the other organizations who are committed to serving the community. Being a finalist is a testament to the outstanding work our organization produces and the impact we have by supporting those who need help the most.

Thank you DCEO and Communities Foundation of Texas for this recognition.