Richard Clarke
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Richard Clarke is the chief analytics officer at Highmark Health, a $26 billion national health services organization that includes one of America’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and a growing regional hospital and physician network. Highmark Health’s 42,000 employees serve millions of customers nationwide through Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, HM Insurance Group, United Concordia Dental, enGen, and Helion.
As chief analytics officer, Dr. Clarke focuses on delivering innovative data and analytic solutions that fulfill Highmark Health’s Living Health strategy – improving health outcomes through proactive, personalized, and simpler solutions for patients and clinicians. Dr. Clarke is at the forefront of artificial intelligence and data strategy in health care and works closely with Highmark Health’s strategic partner, Google Cloud, to develop the next generation of solutions to address key issues such as interoperability, whole-person care, and the administrative burden of healthcare delivery and financing.
Richard Clarke is the chief analytics officer at Highmark Health, a $26 billion national health services organization that includes one of America’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and a growing regional hospital and physician network. Highmark Health’s 42,000 employees serve millions of customers nationwide through Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, HM Insurance Group, United Concordia Dental, enGen, and Helion.
As chief analytics officer, Dr. Clarke focuses on delivering innovative data and analytic solutions that fulfill Highmark Health’s Living Health strategy – improving health outcomes through proactive, personalized, and simpler solutions for patients and clinicians. Dr. Clarke is at the forefront of artificial intelligence and data strategy in health care and works closely with Highmark Health’s strategic partner, Google Cloud, to develop the next generation of solutions to address key issues such as interoperability, whole-person care, and the administrative burden of healthcare delivery and financing.
Dr. Clarke also serves on the board of Blue Health Intelligence (BHI), an analytic insights company that leverages the BCBSA association’s combined data to turn healthcare data into value-driven insights and solutions. He is also on the advisory board for the Block Center for Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon University and for the Responsible Data Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Clarke initially trained as a neuroscientist and biophysicist. Since moving out of academia, his experience includes large-scale data/analytic transformations, building and scaling advanced analytic products, and building and managing data science teams. Dr. Clarke is passionate about delivering business impact through advanced analytics, growing leaders that connect analytics to business priorities, and building diverse teams.
Prior to arriving at Highmark Health in 2016, Dr. Clarke served in a leadership role at McKinsey & Company. Dr. Clarke holds a B.S. in Neuroscience from Allegheny College and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh.
Based in the Pittsburgh area, Dr. Clarke and his wife, Shauna, have two children. When not at work, Dr. Clarke enjoys golfing, fishing, and reading fantasy novels.