PCCI

PCCI: Supporting Vulnerable Communities

At PCCI, our team of clinicians and expert data scientists strive to support the health of vulnerable communities in North Texas through the responsible applications of AI and non-medical drivers of health (NMDoH) analytics. NMDoH are the conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and play (e.g., food insecurity, housing, transportation) that affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes. These external social, economic and environmental factors have been shown to be responsible for upwards of 80% of what keeps us healthy or, conversely, leads to illness and an impaired quality of life.  As a non-profit, your support is critical to this mission.

North Texas residents felt the impact of PCCI’s innovative AI and NMDoH programs during the COVID-19 pandemic when they learned about the spread of the infection through our neighborhoods. Or if they checked the Dallas County Health & Human Services Department’s Pediatric Asthma Surveillance System dashboard―developed by PCCI― that offers insights into the asthma risks on their neighborhood. And they may know a pregnant woman who was able to bring their child to full term thanks to the Parkland Health’s Preterm Birth Prevention program powered by PCCI’s AI. Or when a North Texas patient shows up at one of the country’s busiest ERs, as a result from a motor-vehicle accident or other traumatic event, PCCI’s AI mortality algorithms help front-line clinicians make critical decisions that are saving patient lives. And they may know a pregnant woman who was able to bring their child to full term thanks to the Parkland Health’s Preterm Birth Prevention program powered by PCCI’s AI. Or when a North Texas patient shows up at one of the country’s busiest ERs, as a result from a motor-vehicle accident or other traumatic event, PCCI’s AI mortality algorithms help front-line clinicians make critical decisions that are saving patient lives.

Additionally, PCCI’s Community Vulnerability Compass (CVC) tool is quantifying community-based socioeconomic vulnerabilities and providing root cause insights that are helping organizations across North Texas dynamically map their communities (down to the census-block group) to better understand neighborhood vulnerability (and drivers of that vulnerability). This refined geographic precision has equipped organizations across Texas with the highly customized insights needed to refine decision-making and target programming and interventions where they will have the greatest effect. CVC is currently used by nearly 200 organizations, the majority of which are in North Texas, and the numbers are rapidly growing.

Your Support is Critical in Creating Opportunities for Women in Technology

Benefiting the most from your support will be PCCI’s women in data science intern program, the Sachs Summer Scholars. Your support will enable PCCI to continue to provide unrivaled opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral female students from diverse backgrounds to work side-by-side with PCCI data scientists and clinicians and directly contribute to projects benefiting the community such as improving maternal health and pediatric asthma outcomes, lowering suicide risk, and developing a community surveillance system for diabetes and hypertension. In 2024, PCCI reported that 71.43% of participating interns were from diverse ethnicities. PCCI’s internship program helps these students to improve their self-confidence, hone their programming and analytics skills in order to open up greater career opportunities, fuel their passion for learning and helping their community, and build lifelong memories of meaningful accomplishments.  

PCCI: Leaders in providing responsible healthcare AI programs to help the most vulnerable in North Texas

PCCI’s teams of acclaimed clinicians and expert data scientists strive to accomplish its mission of advancing the health of underserved and vulnerable communities through multiple approaches that produce a significant impact. PCCI believes that data, done right, has the power to galvanize communities, inform leaders and empower people. It also believes that clinical data only paints a partial picture of an individual and his or her specific needs. The organization’s business model focuses on cutting edge uses of data science, social determinants of health and clinical expertise across clinical and community settings.

PCCI’s team members have extensive experience deploying, testing, and validating a wide array of multi-institution, algorithm-driven protocols in clinical settings. Here is a closer look at some of the many programs that are positively impacting North Texas and its residents:

Many of these programs have proven to be cost effective, scalable and successful.  We will continue to invest and explore new ways to apply AI solutions in collaboration with some of the top healthcare providers and public health organizations in the nation.