Reflecting on Our Covid-19 Predictions and How Analytics Can Continue to Help
Reflecting on Our Covid-19 Predictions and How Analytics Can Continue to Help Authored by Ayesha Rajan, Research Analyst at Altheia Predictive HealthIntroduction As we climbed towards Covid-19 peaks across the country in March and April, we at Altheia Predictive...
Quantifying Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Quantifying Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Authored by Ayesha Rajan, Research Analyst at Altheia Predictive HealthIntroduction Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a chronic disease characterized by the inflammation of the lungs. This inflammation...
Analytics use of ethnicity
Improving Predictive Healthcare Models by Filtering for Racial Differences in Data Authored by Ayesha Rajan, Research Analyst at Altheia Predictive HealthIntroduction Risk calculators are at the forefront of analytics in healthcare – using ranges to understand who...
Do Analytics Discriminate? Disparities in Algorithms Across Various Racial and Ethnic Groups
Do Analytics Discriminate? Disparities in Algorithms Across Various Racial and Ethnic Groups Authored by Ayesha Rajan, Research Analyst at Altheia Predictive HealthIntroduction Patients who come in with concerns about kidney function are always tested for their...
Quantifying Chronic Kidney Disease
Authored by Ayesha Rajan, Research Analyst at Altheia Predictive Health Introduction Chronic Kidney Disease is a condition involving the gradual loss of kidney function; your kidneys filter blood to remove waste and toxins which in turn helps control blood pressure...