Critical Datathon 2015
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Building E25
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 45 Carleton Street Cambridge, MA 02142Description
The Critical Data Datathon is back again! This weekend long event brings together clinicians, data scientists and innovators in healthcare to address current problems in intensive care. The datathon focuses on the Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care (MIMIC) II database - a large database of over 40,000 patients which contains rich information about those admitted to the intensive care unit at the Beth Israel Deaconnes Medical Centre in the last decade. Using the MIMIC-II critical care database, participants will form teams to work together on publishable research studies. The increasing wealth of patient data available through electronic health records has created a surge in research funding and industry interest in health data analytics. Challenges in extracting knowledge from health record databases, however, are significant.
The event will strengthen cross-disciplinary collaboration around secondary analysis of electronic health record data, helping to pave the way for reliable knowledge to be translated into action, for the benefit of patients.
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The Laboratory for Computational Physiology (LCP), under the direction of Professor Roger Mark, conducts research on improving health care through new and refined approaches to interpreting data. Some of the group’s researchers have medical backgrounds; others have backgrounds in computer science, electrical engineering, physics, or mathematics; and others have training that spans several of these disciplines. The group is responsible for the release of the MIMIC II database and the maintenance of the well known PhysioNet resource.