Harnessing Big Data

NHS Confederation

Rosie Richards

Assistant Director, European Digital and Research policy

My role is to support the healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to better harness public health data to understand and tackle health challenges and drive advances in medical research and innovation. Harnessing big data, in a safe and secure manner, holds the key to rapid health advancements – if we can build the correct environments, infrastructures, safeguards and trust in data use.

I joined the SIG Global Steering Committee to exchange knowledge and best practice with other international practitioners. Harnessing big data effectively and safely is a shared global challenge and one which requires joint solutions.

The Joint Commission

Kin Lee

Chief Digital & Information Officer, and Enterprise Information Security Officer

I lead enterprise-wide digital transformation vision for the development and execution of information technology, data analytics, and business applications for the Joint Commission, the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, Joint Commission Resources, and Joint Commission International, to ensure IT is leveraged most effectively to further The Joint Commission’s mission to continuously improve health care for the public.

Leveraging data and information as a powerful, trusted, strategic asset to achieve the Joint Commission enterprise mission is critically important in helping health care organizations to transform the safety and quality of healthcare. Being on the SIG Committee enables the exchanging of information and ideas, sharing of lessons learned and best practices: which is invaluable as we are all embarking on this journey.

University Hospital of Brussels, Belgium

Tom Coolen

Director ICT, Biomedical equipment, Patient Administration services and Quality

I was involved in the setup of our hospital’s digital health platform and including the secondary use of ‘real-world’ data.

Dubai Health Authority, United Arab Emirates

Osama El-Hassan

Specialist

I supervise leveraging the digital health regulatory framework of the emirate of Dubai which includes data strategy, health information governance, data analytics and AI.

My interests in joining the SIG Committee are focused on knowledge exchange on data strategy development and execution at both enterprise and health ecosystem levels.

Apollo Hospitals, India

Dr Sujoy Kar

Chief Medical Information Officer & Vice President

Dr Sujoy Kar is responsible for designing, developing and deploying over dozens of Clinical AI APIs at Apollo Hospitals. His current and ongoing research interests are in adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Digital Health Platforms and Design Thinking in Healthcare.

Polish Hospital Federation

Ligia Kornowska

Managing Director

Ligia is responsible for issues with medical data (access to medical data, data protection, cybersecurity) and innovations in healthcare, i.e. AI, AR, blockchain technology. She is also the co-founder and President of the Board of the “Donate your Data” Foundation.

Health Care Accreditation Council, Jordan

Ahmad N Shatat

Head of Surveys and Surveyors Unit

In my role, I manage a large database on healthcare institutions indicators, changes, challenges and compliance to quality and patient safety standards. In addition, I am the core producer of information for decision making based on real life institutional needs for the HCAC.

My motivation for joining this SIG Committee is in creating new tools and products which can help health organization in using big data in more creative and effective ways, this improving the efficiency and quality of provided health services in Jordan.

Vizient, USA

David Levine

Group SVP, Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Blending clinical leadership and informatics experience, David is responsible for driving key initiatives for Vizient, including growing the Center for Advanced Analytics, leading the development of risk-adjustment methodologies and increasing engagement of physicians and other clinicians. The Center brings together analytics from multiple clinical and operational offerings to provide insights to members across the continuum of care. David joined the company in 2010 after serving as medical director of the emergency department at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago. He also served as a physician leader for information technology. David earned a doctor of medicine degree from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Michigan. He is an Assistant Professor of emergency medicine at Rush Medical School in Chicago and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.