The Scope Podcast: PCCI’s Steve Miff on healthcare data and technology

PCCI’s CEO, Steve Miff, joined The Scope podcast where they discuss:

  • A deeper dive into Steve’s position that in order to effectively deploy value-based care and sustain it, we have to focus on health in addition to healthcare.
  • Identifying the first steps organizations need to take to begin building out healthcare data analytics and social infrastructure, and what the biggest challenges are along that path.
  • How data can be leveraged for the social determinants of health?
  • When will organizations move beyond population-level social determinant data and move into personalized referrals?
  • What excites Steve about the future of healthcare and specifically value-based care?
  • What is on the horizon at PCCI in this time of change in healthcare?

 

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PCCI seeking Sachs Summer Scholar Candidates

PCCI currently is seeking candidates for the upcoming term of its Sachs Summer Scholars. Focusing on offering opportunities for women, the PCCI Sachs Summer Scholars is one of North Texas’ most prestigious internship programs as it immerses students in the world of healthcare technology and science.

Click here to watch a view where 2022 Sachs Summer Scholars share their experiences:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7e4tnoaZdc

Whether your abilities are in data science, technology, research, engineering, project management or one of the many other areas of healthcare administration and support, everyone at PCCI works together to fulfill our mission: pioneering new ways to health. By joining PCCI, you become part of a diverse healthcare legacy that’s served our community for more than 10 years.

Primary Purpose

Advance the representation of women in Data Science and Technology to promote practical applications of analytics, computing and data science. Assists with special projects and research including technology and analytics in healthcare, in order to gain business knowledge and research experience.

Minimum Specifications

Education

  • Must be enrolled in a related Bachelor’s degree program at an accredited university, with a minimum of 30 credit hours OR Be a recent college graduate with a four year degree OR Be a current graduate / doctoral student.

Experience

  • Worked or currently working on projects related to Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, computer vision, image analysis, geocoding, computer science or relevant engineering specializations.

Equivalent Education and/or Experience

  • May have an equivalent combination of education and experience to substitute for both the education and the experience requirements.

Skills or Special Abilities:

  • Must be computer literate, with basic knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and/or database software.
  • Excellent problem solving skills; flexible and resourceful to efficiently and effectively meet objectives.
  • Must be able to demonstrate exceptional critical thinking skills to solve challenging advanced analytics problems and provide solid solutions.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to write and communicate effectively to diverse audiences; presents and represents varying views and perspectives effectively.
  • Must be flexible and be able to prioritize and reprioritize projects in line with PCCI leaders to meet deadline and deliverables.
  • Must demonstrate exceptional abilities for high level comprehension of projects and environment as well as remain extremely detail oriented for tasks and responsibilities.
  • Must be independent and reliable with the ability to drive initiatives to completion.
  • A successful history of working collaboratively on research projects and the ability to work productively as either a leader or member in reaching shared objectives.
  • Knowledge of clinical informatics and health care settings.
  • Must have strong analytic and computer skills in addition to knowledge of database management and data analysis.
  • Demonstrate Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, or Machine Learning skills utilizing any computer software.
  • Must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of program evaluation methods, research skills, management information systems, and strategic planning.
  • Highly familiar with database theory, applications, and management systems.
  • Must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of statistical methods & analysis, concepts, practices, and procedures.
  • Research and development in areas of predictive modeling, data mining & management, and other advanced analytics in the development of business intelligence and technology transfer.
  • Must have working knowledge in advanced data programming language and statistical analysis software. (be able to program in R, Python, Unitex, Lexigram, STATA, SPSS, or SAS statistical software).
  • Working knowledge in the following methodologies: risk adjustment, time series analysis, recursive partitioning, quantile regression, boot strapping, instrumental variable analysis, Cox proportional hazard models, dynamic Bayesian and machine learning algorithms, Monte Carlo simulations, or neural networks.

Parkland Health and Hospital System prohibits discrimination based on age (40 or over), race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, national origin, marital status, political belief, or veteran status.

Apply here: https://www.parklandcareers.com/job/Dallas-PCCI-Sachs-Sum-Scholar-Intern-TX-75201/978161000/

VIDEO: PCCI Releases 2022 Annual Impact Report PCCI’s CEO, Steve Miff, introduces the PCCI 2022 Annual Impact Report

Steve Miff, introduces the PCCI 2022 Annual Impact Report:

 

PCCI’s 2022 Annual Impact Report Released

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.

Click here for the online Flipbook version of the report: PCCI 2022 Annual Impact Report – Flipbook

Or click here to download the PDF version of the report: PCCI 2022 Annual Impact Report PDF

To send a comment, question or greeting to PCCI’s CEO, Steve Miff, PhD., please email him at: pcci.ceo@pccinnovation.org

 

BMJ Journals: 5 Methods and tools for situational awareness and equitable decision-making during COVID-19

Read a presentation abstract, co-authored by PCCI’s Steve Miff, that highlights the evolution of PCCI’s COVID-19 vulnerability index to the nationwide Community Protection Index.

Abstract
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical and ongoing need for leaders across health care, public health, and government to have real-time, hyper-local data. These data need to be relevant and meaningful across multiple sectors. Moreover, data are most likely to be useful when they facilitate connections across systems, enable situational awareness, and drive equitable decision making.

Other authors of the presentation include members from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, PCCI, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Civitas Networks for Health.

https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/11/Suppl_3/A7.1#article-bottom

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KERA NEWS: Childhood asthma seeing some improvement, Dallas County hospital says

Dr. Yolande Pengetnze

KERA News is reporting that from June 2020 to May 2022, there were 36% fewer emergency department visits for asthma among children in the program, compared to children with similar asthma risk whose families did not get the texts.

“Asthma is a lifelong disease,” Dr. Yolande Pengetnze of PCCI told KERA. “However, it is controllable. And once it’s controlled, you can lead a normal life without having to think about asthma.”

https://www.keranews.org/health-wellness/2022-12-29/childhood-asthma-seeing-some-improvement-dallas-county-hospital-says

HFMA: Reimagining the Patient-Caregiver Relationship

Read PCCI’s CEO Steve Miff’s views in an article posted by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) called “Reimagining the Patient-Caregiver Relationship”:

PCCI uses data to identify broad clusters of patients who have clinical, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in common. Integrated practice units care for specific clusters — bringing together “the right specialties, support services, you create a virtual behavioral health consult and are able to holistically bring all those together to treat the whole person,” Miff said.

https://www.hfma.org/industry-initiatives/healthcare-2030/reimagining-the-patient-caregiver-relationship.html

COVID-19 Update for December 7, 2023

On December 7, PCCI’s CEO Steve Miff Tweeted out the following COVID-19 update for Dallas County:

https://twitter.com/PCCInnovation/status/1600258281179529218?s=20&t=q_h-7FdabNGsPDcgOO1ckQ

The trends over the last few weeks are worth noting. Since the November 21st report, positive active cases have increased by 94% for the whole population and 56% for the pediatric cohort.

Covid-19 lab positivity for both symptomatic and asymptomatic testing increased to over 10% each (waste water testing data supports lab tests with sharply rising levels at Bachman) showing the folowing:

• Covid-19 hospitalizations jumped week-over-week by over 106% across Dallas County and 83% in the broader North Texas region

• Accounting for all the typical fall/winter cases, the elevated respiratory conditions, and Covid-19, hospital bed occupancy rate is over 92%.

We will likely see a couple more jump in cases over the next few weeks and then likely bigger jumps towards Christmas and New Year. The magnitude for UK was 2x and Singapore 4x from baselines, but both of those regions have higher vaccination rates.

• Only ~7.7% of the Dallas population has received the bivalent boosters (compared to 7.7% across Texas and 12.1% nationally).
• Bivalent vaccinations continue to be low:
• Only 25% of residents 65 years and older and;
• Only ~7% of the above 5 years old population receiving a booster.

 

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