PCCI Experts Set to Deliver Major Presentations to the nation’s healthcare leaders at HIMSS25

PCCI Experts Set to Deliver Major Presentations to the nation’s healthcare leaders at HIMSS25

Starting March 5, PCCI experts are joining leaders from Parkland Health to present cutting-edge AI healthcare programs in prime spots at 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas, the epicenter of healthcare innovation.

The presentations are:

Creating a Large Language Model to Catalog Important Radiologist Recommendations

Wednesday, March 5, 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM PACIFIC

Speakers

  • Alex Treacher, PhD, Senior Data and Applied Scientist – PCCI
  • Albert Karam, Vice President, Data Strategy and Analytics – PCCI
  • Brett Moran, Chief Health Officer – Parkland Health

Abstract

Medical errors, the third leading cause of death in the U.S., include wrong or delayed diagnoses, causing more serious harm than any other type of medical error. Delayed or missed opportunities for diagnoses (MOD) are particularly common in diagnostic imaging, where incidental findings often require further evaluation. At Parkland Health, a major safety-net public health system, 1.7 percent of all CT and MRI studies involve such findings. To address this, a large language model (LLM) is developed that identifies and flags delayed surveillance recommendations from radiologists’ interpretations. These delayed recommendations result in MODs 17 percent of the time. This LLM has been integrated into the electronic health record (EHR) of Parkland Health, enabling centralized management and navigation of these cases. Our results demonstrate 95 percent accuracy in identifying imaging that requires follow-up based on physician notes and 85 percent accuracy in determining the appropriate timing for follow-up. This work outlines the process, development, tools, current performance, and future plans for building an automated system to enhance image surveillance and mitigate MODs in diagnostic imaging. 

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Know Thy Patient: AI/ML-Driven Clustering of Diabetes/Hypertension Populations

Thursday, March 6, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (US/Pacific)

Speakers:

  • Yolande Pengetnze, MD, Senior Vice President, Clinical Leadership – PCCI
  • Yusuf Tamer, PhD, Principal Data and Applied Scientist- PCCI
  • Michael Lane, Senior Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer – Parkland Health
  • Teresita Oaks, Director, Community Health Programs – Parkland Health

Abstract

In Dallas County’s safety-net population, an AI/machine learning-driven unsupervised clustering algorithm identifies clusters of diabetic and hypertensive patients with a combination of social and clinical risk factors associated with suboptimal quality of care (e.g., inadequate of Hemoglobin A1C monitoring) and poor disease control. Clusters analyses uncover underlying, actionable risk drivers such as criminal justice involvement and immigration concerns that require innovative, culturally-responsive approaches for a sustainable engagement of these vulnerable populations into effective preventive care. Additional in-depth analyses identify missed and potential opportunities for care engagement that inform innovative workflow modifications leveraging traditional (e.g., EHR-based standing orders) and nontraditional (e.g., telehealth modalities and mobile units) approaches to effectively engage and support these vulnerable populations and improve health quality, outcomes and equity countywide. The data sets and analytical approaches are scalable and replicable to other vulnerable populations nationwide. 

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North Texas Giving Day: Join us in our journey to bring health innovation to the most vulnerable communities

North Texas Giving Day: Join us in our journey to bring health innovation to the most vulnerable communities

North Texas Giving Day, set for Sept. 19 but open to donations now, is a powerful opportunity to unite our community in supporting the causes we care about most. At PCCI, our team of clinicians and expert data scientists strive to support the health of vulnerable communities in North Texas through the responsible applications of AI and non-medical drivers of health (NMDoH) analytics. NMDoH are the conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and play (e.g., food insecurity, housing, transportation) that affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes. These external social, economic and environmental factors have been shown to be responsible for upwards of 80% of what keeps us healthy or, conversely, leads to illness and an impaired quality of life.  As a non-profit, your support is critical to this mission.

Why support PCCI? You may have felt the impact of PCCI’s innovative AI and NMDoH programs during the COVID-19 pandemic when you learned about the spread of the infection through our neighborhoods. Or if you’ve checked the Dallas County Health & Human Services Department’s Pediatric Asthma Surveillance System dashboard―developed by PCCI― that offers insights into the asthma risks on your neighborhood. And you may know a pregnant woman who was able to bring their child to full term thanks to the Parkland Health’s Preterm Birth Prevention program powered by PCCI’s AI. We aim to ensure that each of our innovations are targeted to the unique needs of our community and equitably applied and support the most vulnerable in our neighborhoods.

Your Support is Critical in Creating Opportunities for Women in Technology

Benefiting the most from your support will be PCCI’s women in data science intern program, the Sachs Summer Scholars. PCCI developed this STEM-focused program to help open doors to women seeking careers in data science.This is an industry challenge as, according to Girls Who Code, from 1984 to today, the number of female computer science graduates dropped from 37% to 18% and computing degrees are less likely to be awarded to women in all racial and ethnic groups. These trends are taking place in spite of the fact that women outnumber men overall at universities. At PCCI we are committed to reversing this trend and improving diversity in the data science and technology industry all while focusing their contributions, efforts and learnings towards innovative, practical solutions supporting our local community.

Your support will enable PCCI to continue to provide unrivaled opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral female students from diverse backgrounds to work side-by-side with PCCI data scientists and clinicians and directly contribute to projects benefiting the community such as improving maternal health and pediatric asthma outcomes, lowering suicide risk, and developing a community surveillance system for diabetes and hypertension. In 2024, PCCI reported that 71.43% of participating interns were from diverse ethnicities. PCCI’s internship program helps these students to improve their self-confidence, hone their programming and analytics skills in order to open up greater career opportunities, fuel their passion for learning and helping their community, and build lifelong memories of meaningful accomplishments. 

Don’t Wait Until Giving Day – Start Donating Now!

Our programs have proven to be cost effective, scalable, and successful. With your support, we will continue to explore new ways to apply AI solutions in collaboration with some of the top healthcare providers and public health organizations in the nation.

Early giving is open now, and every dollar counts. Your donation today will help us build momentum and maximize our impact on North Texas Giving Day. Together, we can create a brighter future for our community. Support PCCI in shaping the future of healthcare technology in North Texas.

Click here to donate now and be a part of the change!

PCCI at the 2024 Healthcare Analytics Summit (HAS)

PCCI at the 2024 Healthcare Analytics Summit (HAS)

PCCI leaders will be presenting at this week’s 2024 Healthcare Analytics Summit (HAS) in Salt Lake City, Utah. In its tenth year, HAS 24 is the premier event showcasing data and analytics’ critical role in tackling some of healthcare’s greatest challenges. Join healthcare’s do-ers, hard workers, believers, game-changers, and impact-makers in Salt Lake City to leverage our collective expertise and experience to Imagine, Innovate, and Impact healthcare.

On Thursday, February 29 at the 9:10 a.m. to 10 a.m. breakout session, PCCI’s Yolande Pengetnze, MD, Vice President, Clinical Leadership and Parkland Health’s Teresita Oaks, Director, Community Health Programs will present information on Parkland’s groundbreaking pediatric asthma program.

Program overview

“AI-DRIVEN OUTREACH REDUCES HEALTH INEQUITIES AND IMPROVES ASTHMA CONTROL”

Asthma prevalence is surging, especially among children, with one in 12 children in the U.S. having asthma. Racial/ethnic disparities are concerning, as Black and Hispanic children experience higher asthma hospitalization rates than white children.

PCCI and Parkland Health leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce inequities for low-income pediatric patients with asthma. Analyzing diverse data sets, teams identified those at risk for asthma-related emergency department visits (ED) and hospitalizations. Collaborating with interdisciplinary community coalitions, they launched interventions: community outreach, asthma screening and referrals, digital outreach, home visits, and risk-driven clinical support. The interventions impacted thousands of patients and improved outcomes – home visits improved asthma symptom control by 26%, and digital patient engagement reduced ED visits for lower-asthma-related issues by 36%.

At the 10:20 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. breakout session, PCCI’s CEO, Steve Miff, PhD, joins a panel of experts to discuss how to bridge the gap of healthcare disparities.

Program Overview

FROM INTENT TO IMPACT: USING DATA TO DECREASE CLINICAL DISPARITIES AND CREATE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

The economic burden of healthcare disparities in the United States is nearing $1 trillion and negatively affects millions of lives. However, there is a path forward, using data and analytics to understand the affected patient populations and the root causes of the issues.

Join this session to gain insights from a panel of industry experts. Learn how they have connected the community to the issue to improve overall health, created clinically focused equity platform and partnership, built a cohort of equity-focused partners, and more. This session will be particularly impactful if you lead quality, clinical improvements, or data science efforts.

For more information about the programs at HAS, go to: https://hasummit.com/agenda/

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/

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 Women in Technology Sachs Summer Scholars’ Community Health Research Presentation set for Aug. 10

PCCI Women in Technology Sachs Summer Scholars’ Community Health Research Presentation set for Aug. 10

Join us at Parkland Hospital to gain insights from the PCCI Women in Technology Sachs Summer Scholars’ Community Health Research Presentation that spotlights the work of PCCI’s elite group of interns who worked side-by-side with our clinical and data science experts on real projects of substantial impact. This program also provides a glimpse into the overall work PCCI does every day in support of our community.

What:

Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s Women in Technology Sachs Summer Scholars’ Community Health Research Presentation

When:

Thursday, August 10, 10 a.m. to noon CST

Where:

In-person at Parkland Hospital (MAP) in the MacGregor W. Day Auditorium in the Moody Outpatient Center (MOC) at 5151 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX 75235, or virtually (LINK TO COME) to accommodate travel/calendar challenges

Now in its fifth year, PCCI’s Sachs Summer Scholars program is our women in technology, STEM-focused internship giving unrivaled opportunities for college and graduate school women from diverse backgrounds to receive active, hands-on experience working closely with PCCI data scientists and clinicians to directly contribute to public health projects involving cutting-edge statistical analyses, machine learning, and Non Medical Drivers of Health (NMDOH) innovation. These presentations will be a culmination of their summer efforts. 

PCCI’s seven 2023 interns hail from university programs across the country. Their projects all utilize NMDOH analytics with a focus on community health based on Dallas County, Parkland Health and PCHP initiatives. Specifically, these initiatives focused on data analysis from PCCI’s Community Vulnerability Compass, examination of asthma text-message data, geospatial and predictive NMDOH analysis of maternal outcomes, dashboard impact modeling, and quantifying access to childcare, healthcare, and food in Texas. To gain the perspective of several of last year’s interns on their experiences as Sachs Summer Scholars, watch this short VIDEO, or to view last year’s end-of-term program, watch this VIDEO.

The Sachs Summer Scholars program has become one of the most meaningful and competitive internship programs in North Texas. We would be honored to have you join us in person for these presentations that give important insights into how to improve our community’s health. To learn more about PCCI’s programs and the impact on the community, take a look at our Annual Impact Report.

To RSVP for the event, please email Aaron Jahns at aaron.jahns@pccinnovation.org.

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VIDEO: PCCI Unveils Community Vulnerability Compass, Giving Deep Insights Into the Health of Texas Communities

VIDEO: PCCI Unveils Community Vulnerability Compass, Giving Deep Insights Into the Health of Texas Communities

PCCI’s CEO, Steve Miff, PhD, and Chief Funding and Innovation Officer, Leslie Wainwright, PhD, reveal the details of PCCI’s newest innovation, the PCCI Community Vulnerability Compass. The CVC can help virtually any Texas-based organization (hospital system/health plan, care provider, CBO, public health entity, philanthropic funder, etc.) seeking to understand not only where its community’s most vulnerable residents live but also many of the underlying, multi-dimensional root cause factors driving these residents’ poor health and healthcare access and ability to thrive. Through a fuller understanding of these root causes, organizations can develop better programs, resources, and interventions to eliminate disparities, achieve health equity, and improve the health and well-being of vulnerable residents.

Click on the link below to view the video on PCCI’s LinkedIn page:

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PCCI CEO Steve Miff named Outstanding Healthcare Innovator

D CEO posts all the winners of its recent Excellence in Healthcare Awards, where PCCI’s CEO Steve Miff was named Outstanding Healthcare Innovator: “Steve Miff is one of the most innovative leaders in the Dallas healthcare community. His organization has guided the community through COVID-19 by graphing everything from outbreaks to vulnerability with its unique software that has been mimicked all over the country.”

Congratulations to the PCCI team for the work it produced to earn this award and to all the finalists who are committed to serving our community.

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