Atul Butte presentation at the Morris Collen 100 birthday celebration

1. Clinical informatics…
Ten years from now
Atul Butte, MD, PhD
abutte@stanford.edu
Chief, Division of Systems Medicine,
@atulbutte
Department of Pediatrics, Genetics,
and by courtesy, Medicine, Pathology, and
Computer Science
Center for Pediatric Bioinformatics, LPCH
Stanford University

4. Where are we going to be in 10 years?
More molecules on our patients
Democratization of biomedical data and knowledge
Data and wellness
Empowerment patients

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10. Credit: Oxford Nanopore Technologies and Wired

11. Credit: Rong Chen, Alex Morgan, Steve Quake, Lancet

12. Credit: Rong Chen, Alex Morgan, Steve Quake, Lancet

14. Nicholas Volker

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25. How can we expect
physicians and
nurse
practitioners
and pharmacists
…
to review
6 gigabytes in
a 15 minute encounter
?

26. We already ask
health providers to
review 1 GB of
data in 15
minutes…

27. We already ask
health providers to
review 1 GB of
data in 15
minutes…

28. We already ask
health providers to
review 1 GB of
data in 15
minutes…
… but we give
them tools to help
them do this!

29. What is the future of biomedical informatics?

30. Is the future of biomedical informatics…
Algorithms and methods?
Electronic medical records?
Genome sequences?
Open data? Big data?
Mobile?

31. The future of biomedical informatics is…
Predicting and preventing the disease before it strikes
Explaining the rare disease that defies experts
Keeping people healthy longer
Making sure we apply the right, safe, cost effective
care for patients

32. The future of biomedical informatics is…
Hope