Data Science Colloquium Series
2 pm,NKN Hall
Analytics in Healthcare
Mahesh Iyer
Sineflex Solutions, Hyderabad.
25-10-19

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Abstract

Healthcare has typically been a laggard when it comes to adopting new technologies, and analytics is no exception. There have been many reasons for this... the most commonly used one is that the healthcare domain is most stringently regulated. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg, there are many more reasons for the slow uptake of emerging technologies in healthcare. However, this trend is changing, and today, healthcare is seen to be embracing the newer technologies with open arms. During this talk, we will discuss some of the use cases for the use of analytics in this domain, what is currently being done, and also discuss what are some of the challenges in making it work.

About the speaker: Dr. Mahesh Iyer is a co-founder of Sineflex Solutions; he has over 20 years of experience in research and development in healthcare. He has been responsible for guiding many products through the development life-cycle. Before co-founding Sineflex Solutions, Mahesh was at Novartis in various roles, including Site Head, Biostatistics at Hyderabad, and Global head for Exploratory Safety and Statistical Analytics. Prior to Novartis, Mahesh worked with Bristol Myers Squibb and Boehringer Ingelheim. He also helped start the BIRAC funded med-tech accelerator at the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IIIT Hyderabad.