STEM focused program offers a diverse set of students with hands-on experience at one of the most advanced AI for healthcare organizations The Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s (PCCI) summer intern program, Sachs Summer Scholars, has kicked off, offering a talented group of students an opportunity to work side-by-side with top data scientists and clinicians to experience new, transformational concepts in the healthcare data science and technology industry. The Sachs Summer Scholars pro...
By Olayide Olay Adejumobi, Project Manager, PCCI Food insecurity is a major factor fueling the massive chronic illness problem plaguing residents of rural Texas. The data we are seeing from a recent analysis by PCCI’s Community Vulnerability Compass (CVC) is that food insecurity is a baseline problem many rural Texans must deal with every day. The CVC found that in 149 rural Texas census tracts, that have a total population of 480,000, food insecurity is high or very high vulnerability. As background, P...
To download this paper go to: PCCI Georgia Rural Healthcare Assessment For Georgia’s roughly 663,000 rural residents, health vulnerability isn’t defined by physical distance the way it often is in sprawling states like Texas. Instead, Georgia’s rural crisis stems from a convergence of chronic disease, economic instability, and collapsing healthcare infrastructure . Hospital closures, doctor shortages, and persistent poverty have collided in Georgia’s countryside, making consistent care increasingl...
Download Here: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/182417982/ Urban solutions don’t solve rural health problems. Analyses through PCCI’s Community Vulnerability Compass (CVC) indicate that rural Texas faces a distinct chronic disease crisis characterized by entrenched clinical conditions and significant barriers to healthcare access, including connectivity, provider shortages, and infrastructure erosion. Despite stable family structures and low unemployment, over 80% of rural populations live in ...
By Yolande Pengetnze, MD, MS, FAAP, is PCCI’s Senior Vice President of Clinical Leadership With the recent launch of Dallas County Health and Human Services’ (DCHHS) Diabetes and Hypertension Surveillance Systems , powerful new tools designed to track and better understand diabetes and hypertension across Dallas County, data is rolling in showing that more than one million residents of Dallas County are living in very high vulnerability ZIP Codes for these harmful chronic illnesses. ...
PCCI 's VP Clinical Informatics, George 'Holt' Oliver, MD, PhD, presents to the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory - "Lessons Learned from Implementing a Pragmatic Trial Using EHR and Other Real-world Data" This NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Learning Module, with Speaker Dr. Oliver, explores opportunities for turning routine clinical care into real-world data for pragmatic trials using the electronic health record. Concepts include using the EHR for patient selection, intervention delivery, and out...
By Olayide Adejumobi, Project Manager, PCCI A Dietitian with a Plot Twist Today I work at Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), a cutting-edge non-profit that is dedicated to using AI and data to help the most vulnerable in our community. The highest of high tech is practiced here, but the funny thing is, before I got here my technology knowledge (albeit limited) was solely focused on nutrition and helping people eat healthier. I never saw myself as a “tech person.” I actively dodged computer ...
PCCI has released its 2022 Annual Impact Report virtually. PCCI’s 2022 Annual Impact Report outlines PCCI’s efforts over the past year to help support those most in need in our communities. The report includes insights into PCCI’s innovations including PCCI’s efforts to fight COVID-19 in Dallas the conclusion of the Accountable Health Communities Model in Dallas County, pediatric asthma mitigation, preterm birth prevention and much more. Or click here to download the PDF version of the report: PCCI 2022...
Dallas County Launches New Diabetes and Hypertension Surveillance Systems DALLAS – On September 10, 2025, Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS), in collaboration with Parkland Health and the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), launched the Diabetes and Hypertension Surveillance Systems, which are powerful new tools designed to track and better understand diabetes and hypertension across Dallas County. The systems will feature publicly accessible dashboards, available on the ...
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