 NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 43
W A R R IO R 
STR O N G
TO 
LEARN 
MORE 
ABOUT 
PHOENI
X, 
VI
SI
T 
MED.
WAYNE.
EDU/DATA-
MAPPI
NG

An 
emer
gency 
r
oom 
i
s 
desi
gned 
to 
tr
eat 
i
mmedi
ate,
 
of
ten 
l
i
f
e-
thr
eateni
ng 
condi
ti
ons.
 
Among 
al
l
 
thi
s 
chaos,
 
Dr
.
 
Phi
l
l
i
p 
Levy,
 
assi
stant 
vi
ce 
pr
esi
dent 
of
 
Tr
ansl
ati
onal
 
Sci
ence 
and 
Cl
i
ni
cal
 
Resear
ch 
I
nnovati
on 
at 
Wayne 
State 
Uni
ver
si
ty,
 
saw 
a 
hi
dden 
oppor
tuni
ty: 
A 
pati
ent’s 
data 
of
f
er
s 
cl
ues 
i
nto 
not 
onl
y 
thei
r
 
heal
th,
 
but 
i
nto 
the 
over
al
l
 
heal
th 
of
 
the 
communi
ty.
 
 

Project 
PHOENI
X 
is 
born.

As 
a 
r
esi
dent,
 
Dr
.
 
Levy 
was 
taught 
that 
an 
emer
gency 
r
oom 
doctor
 
had 
to 
see 
beyond 
the 
emer
genci
es.
 
The 
pati
ents 
r
epr
esented 
how 
the 
heal
th 
car
e 
system 
was 
per
f
or
mi
ng 
f
or
 
the 
peopl
e 
of
 
the 
ci
ty.
 
 
He 
l
ear
ned 
that 
i
n 
most 
cases,
 
ther
e 
was 
a 
l
ar
ger
,
 
l
onger
-
ter
m 
i
ssue 
that 
was 
the 
r
oot 
cause,
 
and 
he 
was 
dr
i
ven 
to 
i
magi
ne 
a 
wor
l
d 
wher
e 
popul
ati
on 
heal
th 
car
e 
was 
an 
ef
f
ecti
ve 
way 
to 
i
mpr
ove 
over
al
l
 
heal
th.
 

PHOENI
X 
— 
whi
ch 
stands 
f
or
 
Popul
ati
on 
Heal
th 
Outcomes 
and 
I
nf
or
mati
on 
Exchange 
— 
i
s 
a 
shar
ed 
database 
that 
i
denti
f
i
es 
di
seases 
af
f
ecti
ng 
a 
par
ti
cul
ar
 
ar
ea,
 
the 
pr
eci
se 
r
i
sk 
f
actor
s 
that 
cause 
them,
 
the 
oppor
tuni
ti
es 
to 
addr
ess 
them 
and 
the 
abi
l
i
ty 
to 
tr
ack 
the 
heal
th 
outcomes 
af
ter
 
i
nter
venti
ons 
have 
been 
put 
i
n 
pl
ace.
 

When 
a 
patient 
is 
a 
symptom.
 

The 
heal
th 
car
e 
wor
l
d 
has 
many 
ways 
to 
tr
eat 
pati
ents,
 
but 
Dr
.
 
Levy 
wanted 
to 
tr
eat 
the 
l
ong-
ter
m 
i
ssues 
that 
wer
e 
causi
ng 
l
ar
ge 
par
ts 
of
 
the 
popul
ati
on 
of
 
Detr
oi
t 
to 
be 
si
ck.
 
He 
wonder
ed 
why 
he 
saw 
so 
many 
r
el
ati
vel
y 
young 
pati
ents 
wi
th 
consequences 
of
 
uncontr
ol
l
ed 

hyper
tensi
on.
 
Usi
ng 
de-
i
denti
f
i
ed 
data 
f
r
om 
mul
ti
pl
e 
sour
ces,
 
he 
was 
f
i
r
st 
abl
e 
to 
i
denti
f
y 
census 
tr
acts 
wher
e 
bl
ood 
pr
essur
e 
contr
ol
 
appear
ed 
to 
be 
the 
wor
st.
 
Remar
kabl
y,
 
he 
was 
abl
e 
to 
see 
that 
each 
nei
ghbor
hood 
had 
a 
uni
que 
constel
l
ati
on 
of
 
under
l
yi
ng 
contr
i
butor
s 
to 
thi
s 
pr
obl
em.
 
Suddenl
y,
 
i
t 
was 
cl
ear
: 
By 
i
denti
f
yi
ng 
the 
patter
ns 
hi
dden 
i
n 
data,
 
he 
woul
d 
be 
abl
e 
to 
dr
i
ve 
i
nnovati
ve 
sol
uti
ons 
f
r
om 
beyond 
the 
f
i
el
d 
of
 
medi
ci
ne 
to 
make 
a 
huge 
di
f
f
er
ence 
i
n 
the 
heal
th 
of
 
the 
peopl
e 
that 
l
i
ve 
i
n 
our
 
communi
ty.
 

Thinking 
beyond 
medical 
intervention.

Data 
i
s 
mor
e 
than 
a 
pati
ent’s 
vi
tal
s 
on 
a 
char
t.
 
I
t’s 
a 
di
agnosti
c 
tool
 
that 
hel
ps 
the 
heal
th 
car
e 
communi
ty 
i
mpr
ove 
peopl
e’s 
 
l
i
ves 
f
or
 
year
s 
to 
come.
 
Car
 
r
egi
str
ati
on 
data 
may 
uncover
 
an 
ar
ea 
wher
e 
tr
anspor
tati
on 
i
s 
ol
d 
and 
unr
el
i
abl
e,
 
maki
ng 
getti
ng 
to 
a 
doctor
 
pr
acti
cal
l
y 
i
mpossi
bl
e.
 
For
ecl
osur
e 
data 
may 
i
ndi
cate 
that 
a 
pati
ent 
i
s 
at 
r
i
sk 
of
 
bei
ng 
homel
ess,
 
and 
str
ess 
comes 
 
wi
th 
that.
 
“Pati
ent 
data” 
i
n 
the 
near
 
f
utur
e 
i
s 
goi
ng 
to 
be 
compl
etel
y 
r
ei
magi
ned 
to 
r
epr
esent 
ever
y 
per
son’s 
i
ndi
vi
dual
 
 
r
i
sk 
f
actor
s.
 
And 
the 
ef
f
ect 
of
 
ever
y 
i
nter
venti
on 
can 
be 
tr
acked 
and 
measur
ed 
to 
see 
how 
ef
f
ecti
ve 
i
t 
was.

I
t’s 
health 
that 
should 
be 
rising.
 
Not 
the 
cost 
of 
it.
 

PHOENI
X 
shows 
how 
data 
can 
save 
l
i
ves 
and 
take 
costs 
out 
of
 
the 
heal
th 
car
e 
system.
 
I
nstead 
of
 
decades 
of
 
tr
eatment 
f
or
 
hi
gh 
bl
ood 
pr
essur
e,
 
l
ower
-cost,
 
pr
oacti
ve 
car
e 
coul
d 
hel
p 
us 
avoi
d 
havi
ng 
to 
tr
eat 
i
t 
al
together
.
 

And 
that’s 
Warrior 
Strong.

SOMETI
MES, 
DAT
A 
I
S 
THE 
BEST 
MEDI
CI
NE.

