Population Health (169)

Dame Fiona Caldicott, national data guardian for health and social care in England, discusses attempts at using patient data to improve the health and care of citizens, and the importance of raising awareness and building trust.

Digital technologies will provide the only way for Japan to manage the aging of its population, argues Charles Alessi, HIMSS chief clinical officer.

NHSX is bringing a new dimension to the digital transformation of the health service, starting with the crucial role of digital leadership and the right mindset, says Sam Shah, NHSX director of digital development.

Ari Tulla, CEO of Quest Analytics, compares and contrasts the United States and European healthcare systems – and explains why eliminating data silos is key to outcome improvements in each.

Susan Dentzer, president and CEO of the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI), says that technology is no longer a barrier to at-home healthcare.

Transparency with fair data usage is being explored in Finland, says Jaana Sinipuro, Project Director at Sitra, while the country's general outlook is that data should be shared and used to improve services where possible.

We need to collaborate and work with organizations such as HL7 on developing tools to ensure greater interoperability on a global level, while also learning from each other, says Jordi Serrano Pons, CEO of UniversalDoctor.

Deo Dumaraos, CEO of Syncmed Informatics Corp, discusses how by fusing together health baselines with daily habits of patients, the niña health app is able to generate preventive programs that would help reduce health insurance utilization and costs.

ZIP code-level data about risk indicators and social vulnerability of patients and populations exists, says Dr. David Nace, chief medical officer of Innovaccer – so now it should be refined and presented to clinicians to enable better care.

Many hospitals are doing a heroic job with limited resources but those are often not sustainable without major changes, according to Aaron Miri, CIO of UT Health Austin and Dell Medical School.

Kate Birch, data and technology program manager at Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, says using genomics to pick the right test for patients can result in getting five times the diagnoses at half the cost and better answers for more people.

The industry is on the precipice of making fundamental improvement in population health with machine learning models, says Dr. Chris DeRienzo, Chief Quality Officer at Mission Health.