Abstract: A system obtains patient data, de-identifies each patient with a unique patient key (UPK) and joins the patient data without linking to personal identities of the patients. The system further receives a search query from a user device, identifies a group of UPKs associated with patient data that satisfies criteria of the search query based on values for associated healthcare attributes, and clusters the group of UPKs with respect to healthcare events. The system then ranks the healthcare events of the clusters and sends a query result including healthcare data that is generated based on the ranking, where the query result conceals any personal identity of any of the patients.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for providing a master health entity index and a data analysis mechanism designed for entity cohort discovery and entity profiling. The entity can be a healthcare facility that diagnoses or treats health conditions and diseases (e.g., hospital, clinic), individuals (e.g., providers, patients, caregivers), healthcare data (e.g., medical conditions, treatments, diagnostic studies, health outcomes), etc. For example, a data analysis mechanism may identify distinctive patient cohorts based on what happened to patients in a hospital and why the occurrence happened, glean insight from the activities of the distinctive patient cohorts, and assist with additional patients with the gleaned insight.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for providing a master health entity index and a data analysis mechanism designed for entity cohort discovery and entity profiling. The entity can be a healthcare facility that diagnoses or treats health conditions and diseases (e.g., hospital, clinic), individuals (e.g., providers, patients, caregivers), healthcare data (e.g., medical conditions, treatments, diagnostic studies, health outcomes), etc. For example, a data analysis mechanism may identify distinctive patient cohorts based on what happened to patients in a hospital and why the occurrence happened, reconstruct timelines of healthcare events from fragmented medical data, and leverage the existing electronic health data to generate comprehensive profiles of healthcare entities.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for providing a master health entity index and a data analysis mechanism designed for entity cohort discovery and entity profiling. The entity can be a healthcare facility that diagnoses or treats health conditions and diseases (e.g., hospital, clinic), individuals (e.g., providers, patients, caregivers), healthcare data (e.g., medical conditions, treatments, diagnostic studies, health outcomes), etc. For example, a data analysis mechanism may identify distinctive patient cohorts based on what happened to patients in a hospital and why the occurrence happened, glean insight from the activities of the distinctive patient cohorts, and assist with additional patients with the gleaned insight. .

Abstract: A method of forming an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate in a substrate processing chamber, includes introducing a hydrocarbon source into the processing chamber, introducing argon, alone or in combination with helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, and combinations thereof, into the processing chamber, wherein the argon has a volumetric flow rate to hydrocarbon source volumetric flow rate ratio of about 10:1 to about 20:1, generating a plasma in the processing chamber at a substantially lower pressure of about 2 Torr to 10 Torr, and forming a conformal amorphous carbon layer on the substrate.

Abstract: A method of forming an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate in a substrate processing chamber, includes introducing a hydrocarbon source into the processing chamber, introducing argon, alone or in combination with helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, and combinations thereof, into the processing chamber, wherein the argon has a volumetric flow rate to hydrocarbon source volumetric flow rate ratio of about 10:1 to about 20:1, generating a plasma in the processing chamber at a substantially lower pressure of about 2 Torr to 10 Torr, and forming a conformal amorphous carbon layer on the substrate.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for reducing defects during multi-layer deposition. In one embodiment, the method includes exposing the substrate to a first gas mixture and an inert gas in the presence of a plasma to deposit a first material layer on the substrate, terminating the first gas mixture when a desired thickness of the first material is achieved while still maintaining the plasma and flowing the inert gas, and exposing the substrate to the inert gas and a second gas mixture that are compatible with the first gas mixture in the presence of the plasma to deposit a second material layer over the first material layer in the same processing chamber, wherein the first material layer and the second material layer are different from each other.