Data Warehousing

Zen Healthcare IT's interoperability platform creates a "gateway" for healthcare data exchange between technology vendors and customers, explains Marilee Benson, president and cofounder.  

As more health systems merge, making smart and strategic use of datasets drawn from disparate systems is essential to clinical and operational success, says Advocate Health Chief Data Officer Tina Esposito.

While the healthcare group "strongly supports" CIRCIA's security goals, it's urging the Homeland Security agency to "consider the challenges covered entities face during and immediately after experiencing a cyberattack."

Sharing real-world patient data with researchers could help optimize clinical trials and drive discoveries in precision medicine, says Gaurav Sharma, senior director, global client partner at Cognizant.  

Ricardo Jorge Constantino, head of Clinical Innovation Europe at NTT DATA, describes innovation in clinical trials and measures to drive rapid adoption of insights from these trials into clinical practice.

Access to data empowers people to partner with doctors and proactively manage their own health, says advocate "e-Patient Dave" deBronkart – including those with rare conditions who have used artificial intelligence to find correct diagnoses.  

The AWS Imagine Grant is open to registered nonprofit organizations using cloud technology to advance their research across the spectrum of childhood diseases – from heart conditions to genetic disorders.

AiGIA Health's technology helps users aggregate health data from multiple sources, analyze it with AI and share those insights with stakeholders – or even sell it, says CEO Alex Diaconu.

Dr. Harm Scherpbier, CMIO of HealthShare Exchange, says new technologies are being developed to work alongside EHR systems that have been built for traditional fee-for-service, enabling data sharing for accountable care models.  

CertifyOS founder and CEO Anshul Rathi engineered a database of providers for payers.