Data science

Drive and influence the pace and practice of data science in laboratory medicine.

This goal encompasses the following objectives and strategies:

OBJECTIVE: Establish a dominant position as the home for data science in laboratory medicine.

  • STRATEGY: Drive awareness across the profession of the full continuum of data sciences relevant to laboratory medicine.
    • Informatics
    • Data Analytics
    • Machine Learning
    • Artificial Intelligence
  • STRATEGY: Design, resource, and implement programs creating a pathway to appropriate levels of practitioner excellence in data science within laboratory medicine at all levels of the profession.
    • Awareness and understanding
    • Education and literacy
    • Credentialing and standards

OBJECTIVE: Advocate for the role of laboratory medicine experts in realizing the potential of data science to transform healthcare.

  • STRATEGY: Articulate the full potential of data science in laboratory medicine, emphasizing the laboratory’s role in gathering and utilizing data needed for effective and equitable healthcare delivery and management at the individual and aggregate-levels.