Description: I am passionate about extending the reach and quality of clinical care through data science tools and technology. Co-Founder of Hatching Health.
I am passionate about extending the reach and quality of clinical care through data science tools and technology. Co-Founder of Hatching Health.
An abridged version was also published on the UBC Master of Data Science blog
In my second year of medical school, I decided to open an unfamiliar email entitled: “UBC Centennial Symposium on Health Informatics”. What was Health Informatics? I had no idea, but I intended to find out. The symposium featured the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and showcased their use of large population datasets to improve the quality of NHS services in various ways - by providing research support, industry development, and quality improvement. I was impressed with how advanced the NHS was in using