Case Study: Athena Breast Health Network improves breast health record access and study participation with Looker

UCSF Breast Care Center Improving healthcare research with a digital engagement platform

Athena Breast Health Network, a collaboration of breast cancer experts and UC medical centers, was running the WISDOM Study to compare personalized breast cancer screening with standard annual mammography. The team needed a more secure, convenient way to store, share, and return mammogram records to participants, since the study was largely virtual but still relied on faxes and other manual record requests. Looker was part of the Google Cloud-based solution used with Mammosphere and Life Image.

Looker and the broader Google Cloud setup helped Athena use Mammosphere to give women secure online access to their breast health records and simplify record requests by self-service. This improved study recruitment and retention, helped participants manage their own records, and supported the goal of reaching 100,000 women; the case study notes that more than 18,000 women had already joined the WISDOM Study.

Athena Breast Health Network

Allison Stover Fiscalini

Director