Thomas Blanchard – Data Science Blog

About Thomas Blanchard

Tommy completed his PhD at the University of Rochester and performed his post-doctoral research at Harvard University. He is currently a data scientist at Fresenius Medical Care North America, where he uses data science to improve medical care of patients with chronic illnesses.

Entries by Thomas Blanchard

The importance of domain knowledge – A healthcare data science perspective

November 10, 2017 /3 Comments/in Data Science, Data Science News, Gerneral, Insights, Main Category, Projectmanagement, Use Case, Use Cases /by Thomas Blanchard

Data scientists have (and need) many skills. They are frequently either former academic researchers or software engineers, with knowledge and skills in statistics, programming, machine learning, and many other domains of mathematics and computer science. These skills are general and allow data scientists to offer valuable services to almost any field. However, data scientists in […]

Data Science and Predictive Analytics in Healthcare

September 4, 2017 /6 Comments/in Big Data, Data Science, Data Science News, Main Category, Use Case /by Thomas Blanchard

Doing data science in a healthcare company can save lives. Whether it’s by predicting which patients have a tumor on an MRI, are at risk of re-admission, or have misclassified diagnoses in electronic medical records are all examples of how predictive models can lead to better health outcomes and improve the quality of life of […]