Janice E. Nevin, MD, MPH

The disruptions that I see coming that will be real opportunities for us are in big data.

The potential for big data,

particularly data that is real-time clinical data, aggregated with claims data, consumer data, will allow us to personalize care, reach out, and potentially impact

care impact outcomes before they have happened.

So I'm excited about the possibility of using data, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning to really help us understand what people need to drive that value before they or we may even know that it's coming.

The other area where I believe there's some real opportunity for disruption is certainly around some of the new technology that's being developed.

We've taught Alexa ChristianaCare skills.

And I think the opportunity for Alexa to really function, for example, in the home

to help prepare people perhaps for surgery or manage their post-op course or perhaps even interact with them on a regular basis to help manage a chronic illness.

I think it has a huge potential to really drive care in a different way.

The other piece that I get excited about is the potential of gene editing and particularly the CRISPR technique.

In many ways, I think this is

an evolution in how we will think about treating illness of the kind that occurred when we discovered antibiotics.

And at Christiana Care, we have the only gene editing institute in the country that's embedded in an NCI-designated community cancer center.

So why would the head scientist of the gene editing institute want to be in an organization like Christiana Care?

A lot of it's around our mission and our values and behaviors.

He wants to be able to interact regularly with the physicians that care for patients with cancer and with the patients themselves.

So the underlying theme in all of this is we talk about disruptions that will enable us to solve real problems, innovation that has intent behind it,

and ultimately the opportunity to really make a difference in the lives of the people we serve.

Well, I certainly hope that they will improve the way that patients experience care and the way they experience health.