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MITRE investigator: Advanced analytics can help predict, fight opioid abuse
The problem is “no longer just heroin and cocaine; it’s prescription drugs,” said Jaya Tripathi, principal investigator at the MITRE Corp. “If you look at the trends, despite the overwhelming focus and funds, more needs to be done.”
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
The CDC estimates that more than 16,500 people die each year from overdoses involving prescription painkillers. Drug overdoses recently surpassed car crashes as a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States.
The Pathway to Patient Data Ownership and Better Health
Patients are becoming more active in their own healthcare. Researchers are looking at what systems need to be created to capture patient-generated data and how it could be interoperable with clinical data to result in better health outcomes.
MITRE and Partners Closing Gaps in Rural Health
Patients and doctors in rural locations face unique challenges. A cross-disciplinary MITRE team is conducting research to develop an innovative framework for rural health care and find solutions for rural areas.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – CDS Connect
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Connect is a project to demonstrate how evidence-based care can be more rapidly incorporated into clinical practice through interoperable decision support.
Creating a Learning Health System
What does cancer have in common with opioid addiction, heart disease, and diabetes? Unfortunately, numbers—very large numbers. MITRE’s Andre Quina, a specialist in open source software tools for healthcare, writes that such large figures also provide potential solutions.
“Synthea” Synthetic Patient Population Symulator
SyntheticMass contains realistic but fictional residents of the state of Massachusetts. The synthetic population aims to statistically mirror the real population in terms of demographics, disease burden, vaccinations, medical visits, and social determinants. SyntheticMass will provide a sandbox for Health IT developers, researchers, and clinicians interested in exploring new healthcare solutions.
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