Partnering with Johns Hopkins Medicine to Revolutionize Health

Abstract

For nearly 60 years the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has collaborated with Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) to study pressing health and health care problems and develop innovative solutions. Early accomplishments in ophthalmology, neurophysiology, oncology, and cardiology led to better understanding of and new and improved treatments for various conditions. Today, through its National Heath Mission Area, APL is furthering its partnership with JHM to apply rigorous data analysis and systems engineering practices to the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The collaboration leverages the institutions’ systems engineering and medical expertise to create a learning health system that will speed the translation of knowledge to practice while enabling new discoveries through the development and application of advanced analytic tools. This article briefly describes how the partnership has revolutionized health and health care and is poised to continue to do so.