Episode 9 - The Medical Doctor as Data Scientist. Interview with dr. Bart-Jan Verhoeff

Exploring the Horizon

For Episode 9 we interviewed doctor Bart-Jan Verhoeff, who's a nephrologist, a medical doctor specialized in kidney diseases. He works at the St. Jansdal Hospital in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, where he’s also CMIO or Chief Medical Information Officer. He’s also known as dokter.ai, from the blog carrying the same name. He trained himself in machine learning to develop an algorithm able to predict the likelihood of re-uptake of his patients. Verhoeff emphasizes the usefulness of machine learning as a method of using patient data intelligently. By using models based on data from the Electronic Patient Record (EPR), doctors can make predictions, so that they can improve work processes, and improve the quality of patient care. Please stay tuned and listen to this interesting 30 minute interview.