Health care has taken tremendous strides in recent decades. So has technology. And so has the data available to researchers. Professor and researcher Ronda Hughes is bringing these pieces together to keep us healthy before and after we leave the hospital. By working with big data to gain a fuller picture of what we know about specific patients, Hughes is giving clinicians and health care systems the right tools to improve health care in ways never before possible. Ronda Hughes is an expert in health policy and health services research. Her interest areas include: patient safety and quality improvement, big data research, health care administration, health systems and policy and program evaluation, among others. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx