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Imagine being able to detect one of the leading causes of hospital deaths, and one of the most expensive conditions in health care to treat, months in advance to save lives and for health care providers, tremendous amounts of money.
That’s exactly what Curren Katz and her team at Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health did alongside IBM’s Data Science Elite team predict members who are at future risk of sepsis, a condition that happens when the body, as it fights infection, turns on itself and starts to damage its own tissues.
For that achievement, Katz, 38, formerly of Hubbard, was recognized by IBM, one of the world’s leading innovators in artificial intelligence as one of the top 40 women across the globe in the field as part of the company’s prestigious Women Leaders in AI program.