Powering Good Through the American Heart Association COVID-19 Data Challenge
In times of great crisis like the one we find ourselves in today, we are each called to help. For some, it is small efforts like following shelter-in-place guidelines or cheering at the designated hour for the hardworking healthcare professionals who are caring for the sick. For others, it can be repurposing building spaces for makeshift hospitals and treatment centers.
At Hitachi Vantara, our commitment to “Powering Good” drives us to do what we can to solve both business and societal challenges.
Over the past two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have donated masks to protect frontline healthcare workers and webcams to support communication between isolated patients and their families. But we wanted to do more…
We believe access to data is the key to accelerating the search for new treatments for COVID-19.
Today, in collaboration with the American Heart Association and BurstIQ, we’ve announced a new data challenge initiative to help top researchers use data to address unsolved questions about COVID-19 and accelerate breakthroughs. In particular, we are investigating the relationship between COVID-19 and other health conditions and disparities.
Read the full article on Hitachi Vantara: https://www.hitachivantara.com/blog/powering-good-through-american-heart-association-covid-19-data-challenge/
About BurstIQ
BurstIQ is the leading provider of blockchain-enabled data solutions for the identity, healthcare and life sciences industries. The company’s secure data exchange network combines blockchain, multi-layered governance and best-in-class security to build multi-dimensional profiles, called LifeGraphs®, of people, places and things, and empower the connections between them. LifeGraph® Network allows organizations to manage the ownership and sharing of sensitive data, with consent, governance and process automation built in. The result is a global, secure data network that allows health systems, payers, digital health companies, pharma & life science companies and governments to collaborate, share, discover and build the impossible.
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