Population Health

Aaron Crowell, head of Uber Health, talks about how rideshare technology is removing transportation as a barrier to care, assisting the elderly, low-income patients and those who have chronic and complex care needs.

The health system has identified tens of millions of dollars in potential savings in the area of cost avoidance through intervention.

ZIP code-level data about risk indicators and social vulnerability of patients and populations exists, and making it actionable is key, says Dr. David Nace, chief medical officer of Innovaccer.

New Zealand’s Ministry of Health will provide access to two core national systems - the National Health Index (NHI) and Health Practitioner Index (HPI) – using FHIR interfaces.

The Regenstrief Institute is working to automate the delivery of data into dashboards to reduce the burden of professionals looking at population data, says Health Informatics Director Brian Dixon.

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, says Kate Birch, data and technology program manager at Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance.

Health application developer Clarigent Health is teaming up with The Children’s Home of Cincinnati to complete a pilot study using Clarigent’s artificial intelligence-powered mobile decision support app.

Dr. Chris DeRienzo, chief quality officer at Mission Health, says the industry is on the precipice of making fundamental improvement in population health with machine learning models.

Dr. Sebastian Krolop, a physician, economist and technology consultant, will help chart worldwide plans and policies for HIMSS. He says he's focused on member experience and enabling more patient-centered healthcare.

A new cross-sectional study from Austria shows that more often patients go straight to the specialist.