Mark Pitts has worked in healthcare for almost 30 years, touching almost every aspect of the U.S. healthcare system – provider, payer, and integrated systems. Mark is a sought-after public speaker on the subject of healthcare analytics, regularly appearing at events in North America and around the world. Many attendees comment on his ability to make technical topics accessible to everyone – with a sense of humor along the way. He has been interviewed, quoted, and featured in a variety of broadcast, print, and online publications, including Public Radio’s All Things Considered and the InformationWeek Advanced Analytics issue. Mark studied computer engineering, graduated with honors from the University of Florida with Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Accounting, and earned a Master of Science in Statistics with a dual emphasis in Applied Statistics and Biostatistics from Texas A&M University.
During each minute you spend reading this article, 18 people will die of cancer. With each tick of the clock, your odds of becoming one of them increases: age is one of the primary risk factors for cancer. Take Nancy. She is a normal, active, healthy woman. Inside her body
