Akash Gupta, Ph.D.

Data Scientist, Machine Learning, Healthcare Analytics

[Ge Bai @GeBaiDC]

Fund the Patients.

[Ge Bai @GeBaiDC]

Patient-Driven Movement:
Free Patients. Free Physicians. Free Insurers. Constrain Regulators.

1⃣Patients control their earned or subsidized healthcare $ (free patients).

2⃣Physicians compete on an even playing field (free physicians).

3⃣ Insurers offer plans that Americans want (free insurers).

4⃣ Shift power from regulators to markets (constrain regulators).

This is a virtuous cycle: Americans benefit from lower prices, better care, and improved health; employers gain flexible and affordable healthcare options for workers; physicians, relieved from administrative complexities, focus on care delivery; national healthcare spending stabilizes; innovations in medicine, care delivery, and insurance design continuously improve quality and reduce costs; and sustainable political will flourishes, further shrinking the state’s roles and centering healthcare on patients.

The energy to sustain this virtuous cycle springs from the demand to access better and cheaper healthcare on the buy side and the desire to innovate and achieve returns on the sell side. By leaving most stakeholders deeply unsatisfied, the government-centered status quo fosters an opportunity for the patient-centered movement.

We must rise to the occasion and unleash American dynamism in healthcare for the benefit of all.

Full text @HooverInst: https://t.co/L0qJqvozw5

[PatientRightsAdvocate.org @PtRightsAdvoc]

Stories like Claudia’s are the reason we’ll continue to fight for price transparency.

[Akash Gupta, Ph.D. @guptaakash06]

I managed to consolidate and clean lots of data on procedure cost in hospitals for research. If you interested in collaborating, I would be happy to talk.@CMSGov #pricetransprency #hospitalcost #oshpd #reseach

[Akash Gupta, Ph.D. @guptaakash06]

@kdpsinghlab Timely study to understand the importance of external model validation before implementation. This is more true for #sepsis as we have small time window to follow effective treatment.

[David Bates @DBatesSafety]

Important paper by @kdpsinghlab showing that Epic's sepsis model which is very widely used performs much less well than advertised, has a poor AUC of 0.63. My take--hospitals should be able to use local models, and ones that learn
https://t.co/4i6bjOXhO3

[Ricky Bloomfield @rickybloomfield]

So excited about the great new Health features coming in iOS 15!

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Announcing a GitHub repo which generates a data cohort for reinforcement learning research on Sepsis. The cohort is produced from the publicly available hospital database, MIMIC III.

Access the improved repo: https://t.co/nAhtn5HXDp @mefatemi @MarzyehGhassemi @tw_killian

[Matthieu Komorowski @matkomorowski]

Nice review of "Reinforcement Learning for Clinical Decision Support in Critical Care" by Mornin Feng et al. #ML #RL #AI #ICU @MITCriticalData @jmirpub @ImperialSandC https://t.co/h7wKj4VIUr

[Suchi Saria @suchisaria]

I'll be looking for postdoc fellows who are interested in advancing technical & practical work on reliability, robustness and actionability of ML decision support (in partnership with FDA and NSF). You'll be evaluating methods on clinical apps. DM me. Remote employment is fine.

[Ankit @ankit113]

@HardeepSPuri @MoCA_GoI @AAI_Official @airindiain @FlyWithIX @PIBHomeAffairs @MEAIndia Hello @HardeepSPuri Sir! Please help in getting refund from Air India. This is for 170+ individuals waiting patiently for refund for canceled Air India tickets. Passenger names and ticket numbers information have been provided to @airindiain. Tagging @michaelkhanna.

[Akash Gupta, Ph.D. @guptaakash06]

Small news but still deserves some happiness! This work is coauthored with @AGharehgozli

[Sepsis Alliance @SepsisAlliance]

Would you want to know if AI was being used as part of your care? Medical facilities are now leaning on #AI support tools to predict a number of factors. However, a recent @statnews examination revealed that patients are often not informed. https://t.co/I30mi6M0bX

[Luke Messac @LukeMessac]

13 years ago, I emailed Dr. Fauci out of the blue to ask if I might interview him for my undergrad thesis. He invited me to his office, where he answered all my questions. When I sent him the thesis, HE READ THE WHOLE THING (see his overly effusive review below). Who does that?!

[Daphne Koller @DaphneKoller]

Immigrants founded over half of $1B startups and they or their children founded 45 percent of Fortune 500 companies. These companies create jobs for Americans, not take jobs from Americans. https://t.co/V8jeTKpQO4 https://t.co/pO7mijnat8

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

For recent college grads, finding work during a pandemic can be particularly hard; a CSUN professor is offering some tips
https://t.co/v0b0VZaODn

[Akash Gupta, Ph.D. @guptaakash06]

A new study shows that the sepsis treatment in disproportionately minority hospitals is associate with significantly increased mortality. This study again enforces the need of data driven approaches to determine optimal sepsis treatment in hospitals. https://t.co/O9mg3JZvWb

[Akash Gupta, Ph.D. @guptaakash06]

COVID-19 does indeed cause sepsis. #sepsis @SepsisAlliance
https://t.co/65eE7sC9vx

[Sepsis Alliance @SepsisAlliance]

Pediatric Sepsis Week kicks off on Sunday, April 19. Will you join us in raising awareness of the leading cause of death in children & babies worldwide? Access a variety of resources in our digital toolkit: https://t.co/RYGq0KN8HO. #SepsisAwareness

[Hadley Wickham @hadleywickham]

dplyr 1.0.0 will include the powerful new across() function that lets you repeat operations across multiple columns in any dplyr verb. Learn more about it at https://t.co/l25ECyHXlP #rstats