Data Warehousing

Jonah Comstock, HIMSS Media's new director of content development and editor in chief, discusses the state of health tech investment, value-based care and other major talking points at this year's Health 2.0 Conference.

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

NetApp is focusing on the citizen's data fabric, which empowers them to stay in control of their data wherever they would like to store it, says Philippe Wackers, the company's EMEA healthcare innovation manager.

However, blockchain technology is still in its infancy, so expectations should be managed accordingly, says Dr. Abdullah Albeyatti, CEO and co-founder at Medicalchain.

The challenge for all countries is to make the data assets actionable, but trust is needed with any data sharing strategy, says Tom Foley, MD, senior clinical lead at NHS Digital.

Benjamin Jackson, head of customer success, North America, at BC Platforms, describes how his company is helping organizations pull out valuable insights from genomics and phenotypic data.

Health data that has been collected securely is being used to improve life for Finland's population, creating trust between the government and its citizens, says the country's Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Päivi Sillanaukee, MD, PhD.

FarmaTrust CEO Raja Sharif says blockchain ensures greater data integrity in areas such as AI, analytics and regulatory reporting, which can increase public confidence in the use of data.

Providence St. Joseph Health brought in a chief medical analytics officer who is a physician and data scientist, so he is able to understand clinical context as well as data structure, says CCO Amy Compton-Phillips.

BlueBee relies on Google to help organizations bring their solutions to the market not only in a global, but also a scalable way, says Pierre Bourbon, the company’s head of solutions development.