Apex Analytica- Interactive Map Platform

With our platform, users will be able to easily visualize real-time data from two disparate information segments: spatial/temporal epidemiology of COVID-19 and resource/distribution infrastructure of relevant counterparties. At Apex, we balance both epidemiological and economical considerations to address three major pain points that still need a long-term, data-driven solution: 

• Antiviral Testing Process: to date, no vaccine exists and testing is limited/inefficient  

• Clinical Supply Management: major capacity constraints within healthcare systems 

• Data Synthesis/Data Management: difficult to execute in increasingly globalized context

Why Us: 

• We make highly complex models and data sources tangible and easily understandable for decision makers that need it most

• Our recommender system provides detailed insights and forecasted outcomes, enabling a systematic, data-driven course of action 

• Having a robust network of data and information sources allows us to execute multi-level analysis that can be combined, reused, and tailored to parallel vectors of interest (i.e sustainable supply chains)

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States was reported on January 20th, 2020. As of April 27th, 2019, there have been 957,875 confirmed cases and a total of 53,922 deaths. In less than 4 months, this virus has created a pandemic across the globe, disrupting economies and societies in unprecedented fashion. Efforts to “flatten the curve” through shutdowns/closures while simultaneously limiting the economic impact remain a major challenge for decision-makers. 

Our mission is to help healthcare intervention programs achieve objectives in a timely manner and with minimal expenditure of resources by providing AI-enabled recommendations and decision-making tools. At Apex, we balance both epidemiological and economical considerations to address three major pain points that still need a long-term, data-driven solution: 

• Antiviral Testing Process: to date, no vaccine exists and testing is limited/inefficient  

• Clinical Supply Management: major capacity constraints within healthcare systems 

• Data Synthesis/Data Management: difficult to execute in increasingly globalized context

Solutions Necessary to Minimize and Manage Effects of COVID-19:

• Sufficiently randomized control trials of diagnostic testing to expedite vaccine development

• Intelligent, AI-driven redistribution/optimization of PPE and other healthcare supplies 

• Harnessing data to enable decision-makers with real-time and predictive analysis 

Layer 1 - allow user to visualize geographic heat maps with multiple overlays. The maps will represent not only the current populations that are infected, but populations that are forecasted to be infected going forward. Users will be able to:

• Filter/study spread dynamics by specific localities and time frames 

• Choose from a variety of spatial epidemiological models and projections

Layer 2 - Once relevant presets have been selected in Layer 1, users can seamlessly conduct a multi-level network analysis typically found in supply chain and digital marketing optimization. Our research indicates that there is a direct and immediate application for healthcare intervention programs and the current pandemic. Users will input a series of parameters specific to their diagnostic test requirements or resource allocation objectives. Using this information, our platform will generate infrastructure links, harnessing an ever-increasing data repository. 

With our platform, users can: 

• Aggregate and display multiple epidemiological models on a centralized platform

• Visualize out of sample, forecasted spatial and temporal filters through click of a button

• Provide predictive analytics and AI-enabled recommendations for logistics/resource optimization goals

• Manage data proliferation challenges and integrate rapidly growing and multifunctional data repository into analysis

Our solution serves public/private sector healthcare intervention programs with their decision-making process when it comes to logistics optimization of diagnostic tests, PPE, and other healthcare resources. 

We are interested in saving and improving the lives of the general population by understanding and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 through a systematic, data-driven approach. 

We make highly complex applied science and mathematical models from academia more accessible to decision-makers that can harness this information to better prepare for the fight against COVID-19. Using our platform, these decision-makers will have the ability to: 

• Visualize out of sample, forecasted spatial and temporal filters through click of a button 

• Input and select parameters of interest for customized analysis

• Receive AI-enabled recommendations for logistics/resource optimization goals

• Easily manage data proliferation and data management challenges 

Apex provides a solution to help prevent and rapidly respond to the spread of COVID-19. If we are able to generate enough success in assisting with the logistics and resource optimization challenges associated with the current  pandemic, we believe our platform could have legitimate application towards mitigating future health pandemics and more broadly, providing a platform for crisis relief analytics. We envision a long-term opportunity for applying the same data collection processes and analytical capabilities to future outbreaks. Having a robust network of data partners and information sources will allow us to combine, reuse, and tailor visualizations and tools.

Infor Software is an example of a competitor to our solution. Infor has gained some publicity recently because they have a team that is helping medical workers track critical PPE. Drawing upon knowledge from clinicians currently battling COVID-19 and from team members with backgrounds in frontline healthcare, one critical need rose to the top – the need for accurate tracking of supplies, specifically the dwindling supply of personal protective equipment (PPE).

In response, Infor created a new software dashboard that would make PPE supply data quickly accessible. Within weeks, the Infor team pushed the a dashboard to Infor’s CloudSuite products, providing faster, sharper insights into crucial supply levels for hospitals across the country and streamlining updates to emergency hospital and government preparedness programs. Frontline healthcare professionals needed only to log in and critical PPE supply information was at their fingertips.

Knowing and tracking who has the virus and who those people may have encountered is another critical piece of hospitals’ response to COVID-19. This is called contact tracing, and several large healthcare institutions across the U.S. are already doing it using Infor’s Location-Based Intelligence Platform.