Cancer Digital Intelligence at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, UHN

Cancer Digital Intelligence (CDI) is a research and innovation program within the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre that uses data science and analytics to continuously improve care for people affected by cancer. Through close collaborations with patients, care teams, researchers, and external partners, CDI is able to advance the scale and application of digital discoveries to transform cancer care, education, and research and create the academic cancer centre of the future. Our mission: We aim to accelerate the application of discoveries in cancer care through the fusion of human wisdom, data and technology. Our vision: The best care delivered seamlessly to people affected by cancer. What we do: CDI’s program structure is built on a strong foundation in Data Science and Analytics that enables progress in three strategic domains: Discovery Integration, Care Innovation, and Business Intelligence. Discovery Integration bridges the clinic and lab to enable the exchange of data, tools, and ideas that accelerate discovery. Care Innovation uses digital innovation and service design to improve the continuum of care by streamlining the patient and provider experience and enabling access to care anytime, anywhere. Business Intelligence harmonizes data and analytics to inform strategic decision-making and optimize care delivery. Data Science and Analytics are the foundation of each strategic domain and provide the robust data infrastructure and deep expertise needed to advance novel applications of data science and artificial intelligence methods.