Case Studies
The Heritage Health Prize: Bringing Data Science to Preventative Medicine
Overview
Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration | |
Healthcare & Hospitals | |
Business Operation | |
Remote Patient Monitoring | |
Data Science Services System Integration | |
Operational Impact
The Heritage Health Prize competition engaged a diverse group of participants, including Nobel Prize winners, physicians, scientists, and actuaries, fostering a collaborative environment for innovation. | |
The competition highlighted the complexities and tradeoffs involved in data anonymization, contributing to a peer-reviewed journal article on the subject. | |
Despite not achieving the Grand Prize accuracy threshold, the competition led to the development of numerous new approaches in predictive analytics, pushing the field forward. | |
Quantitative Benefit
More than 1600 data scientists participated in the competition. | |
Over 25,000 models were submitted during the competition. | |
The competition offered a total of $730,000 in milestone and final prizes. | |