Leigh McCormack is a thought leader with 10+ years of experience in developing and applying analytical solutions to complex healthcare problems. She has a deep understanding of data science concepts, methods, and technologies and how to appropriately apply each to accurately and creatively meet objectives. Leigh also has experience building analytic and technical teams from their genesis, through organizational design, and into maturation to the point of demonstrable business value. Leigh is the Chief Executive Officer of Base Camp, a healthcare analytics platform that leverages geospatial analytics, natural language processing, and machine learning to curate actionable social determinant of health insights.

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We speak about:

• [01:00] How Leigh got started in data
• [05:00] What data did you look at in clinical trials?
• [06:00] How can healthcare data be used and reused?
• [08:30] What type of analytics did you look at in the health care industry?
• [09:40] How detailed can you go into your findings from the data?
• [12:20] Were you able to measure health outcomes?
• [14:15] How was your journey advancing in the company?
• [16:00] Did your leaders see the importance of data?
• [20:10] How do you go on a data journey with your team?
• [22:00] Where else has your career taken you?
• [24:25] Do you need to sell the social side of data to organizations?
• [25:55] What type of projects have you been working on this past year?
• [27:40] How have career transitions been for you?
• [29:30] What are your other positions, and how do you balance your time?
• [33:30] Where does your drive come from?
• [35:40] How do you balance family life and work?
• [36:40] How did you come up with the idea to start your own company?
• [39:20] What part of your career set you up to tackle your startup challenges?
• [40:45] How do you spend your time at work?
• [42:11] What is a piece of advice you would give our listeners?

Resources:

Leigh’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leigh-mccormack-939a3222/

Base Camp Health: health.com/">https://basecamp-health.com/

ChaTech: https://chatechcouncil.org/

Women in Analytics: https://womeninanalytics.com/

Quotes:

• “Healthcare organizations don’t understand the amount of data that they are sitting on.”
• “Not only do I have to live inside my data science framework, but now I have to master my marketing framework and a sales framework.”
• “There is something new every day in data science and artificial intelligence.”
• “Don’t stay in your lane.”

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