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The French National Health Service and École Polytechnique partner in Big Data

February 2015 by Marc Jacob

The French National Health Service (Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie des travailleurs salariés or Cnamts) and École Polytechnique signed in December 2014 a 3-year research and development partnership agreement to promote the development of big data technologies and analytics applied to public health issues.

Study and analyze one of the largest databases in the world

In 1999, the National System of the French National Health Service (Système National Inter Régimes de l’Assurance Maladie or SNIIRAM) was created to collect detailed data regarding the trajectory of patients and general healthcare organization. It centralizes data regarding healthcare payments and hospitalization of all public insurance beneficiaries in France.

This database has already been used in the past years by the French National Health Service for several surveillance studies, such as the study on the risk of thromboembolism with 3G pills in 2013.

Combine skills to meet public health challenges

With this partnership, the Cnamts and l’X are now bringing together their resources and expertise to further study and use the collected data to improve healthcare and prevent pharmaceutical risks. They will define and develop an algorithm-based program focused on general public health issues in accordance with the Cnamts’ missions. Detection of weak signals in pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, identification of relevant factors to improve the analysis of healthcare procedures, as well as fight against fraud, are some of the targeted research topics.

École Polytechnique, the leading French institute in science and technology, has a recognized expertise in Big Data, both in academics and research, and has positioned itself as a leading player on data technologies carrying significant potential for societal applications, including healthcare. L’X offers a Master’s program in Mathematics for big data science in collaboration with Télécom ParisTech, as well as an executive program on this topic, the Data Sciences Starter Program. École Polytechnique and its Foundation also created in 2014 the Data Scientist Chair in partnership with Keyrus, Orange and Thales, which actively supports the development of this sector of education and research. L’X is also developing new collaborations to work on health issues and promote scientific collaboration with medical professionals, such as its scientific partnership with Paris hospitals (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris).
The research program developed in partnership with the French National Health Service is developed and guided by a steering Committee comprising representatives of the various partners. This Committee is chaired by Emmanuel Bacry, CNRS Researcher and Professor at École Polytechnique. Emmanuel Bacry is working at the Center of Applied Mathematics and supervises the data science programs at l’X.


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