British Heart Foundation choose Simpson Associates as a strategic partner to harness the power of Data Science to drive its mission
May 01 2024 - 7:48AM
British Heart Foundation choose Simpson Associates as a strategic
partner to harness the power of Data Science to drive its
mission
Today, Data Transformation specialists Simpson Associates announced
a collaboration with the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the UK’s
leading charity tackling heart and circulatory diseases. This
partnership aims to explore the power of Data Science for the BHF,
revolutionising the way they utilise their data, unlocking hidden
insights and unleashing a world of possibilities.
“Data is one of the most valuable assets in our mission,” says
Mary O'Callaghan, Director of Technology (Medical) at the British
Heart Foundation. “By partnering with Simpson Associates and their
next generation knowledge, we are opening a world of possibilities
when it comes to guiding our decisions. This has the potential to
transform efficiency, precision, and strategic data-driven choices,
enhancing our mission.”
Mary O'Callaghan, Director of Technology (Medical) at the
British Heart Foundation
Building a Data Science Environment for positive
impact
The collaboration focuses on delivering a Databricks-based Data
Science Environment (DSE) deployed on Microsoft Azure. The DSE will
create a living data ecosystem for the BHF’s Medical Directorate
data insights and analytics, providing their Health Insights team
with a platform to explore and deliver impactful insights tailored
to different business functions.
Featuring a robust and comprehensive design, the platform will
ingest, process, store and integrate structured and unstructured
data from internal BHF sources, along with external NHS health and
demographic data sources. This centralised platform will allow a
variety of stakeholders to access and leverage data assets for a
variety of use cases.
To overcome the challenges of cross-department collaboration,
the platform enables all users to work within a single unified
environment, eliminating localised analytics silos. This
facilitates collaboration, allowing the data science team and
business intelligence functions to work together and rapidly
develop new use cases on a common, trusted data platform.
The platform will ultimately drive positive outcomes
by:
- Enabling efficient use of advanced techniques like Machine
Learning and Artificial Intelligence to analyse large datasets to
explore nuances of heart disease.
- Integrating with visualisation tools
such as Power BI, to create reliable and repeatable reporting for
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and programme attribution.
- Empowering the BHF to gain a deeper
understanding of the impact of their engagements such as RevivR, a
mobile app developed to teach the basics of CPR in 15 minutes,
across different themes and use the insights to make better
decisions to encourage increased participation.
Tom Hughes Account Director, Simpson Associates, says, “We’re
proud to be the BHF’s strategic partner in their data science
transformation. This is only the beginning for them, and I cannot
wait to see what they can achieve for those impacted by heart
disease.”
About the British Heart
Foundation
It is only with donations from the public that the BHF can keep
its life saving research going. Help us turn science fiction into
reality. With donations from the public, the BHF funds
groundbreaking research that will get us closer than ever to a
world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. A world
where broken hearts are mended, where millions more people survive
a heart attack, where the number of people dying from or disabled
by a stroke is slashed in half. A world where people affected by
heart and circulatory diseases get the support they need. And a
world of cures and treatments we can’t even imagine today. Find out
more at bhf.org.uk
About Simpson Associates
Simpson Associates is the go-to data transformation partner,
specialising in Data Analytics, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and
Managed Data Services. They help organisations from both the public
and private sector to gain valuable insights from their data and
make better informed decisions.
Their data and performance management solutions enable
forward-thinking organisations understand and resolve some of the
most complex and common challenges. They are a Microsoft Solutions
Partner, holding the Analytics on Microsoft Azure Specialisation
and a Migrate Enterprise Applications to Microsoft Azure
Specialisation, as well as Solutions Partner designations in Data
& AI (Azure); Digital & App Innovation (Azure); and
Infrastructure (Azure). We are also a Databricks partner.
info@simpson-associates.co.uk