HIMSS19

Digital technologies that work across the care continuum can help connect providers, payers and patients in the mental health field, says Neuroflow's COO Adam Pardes.

Jeff Coughlin, senior director of Federal and State Affairs at HIMSS, discusses information-blocking, interoperability, social determinants and recently proposed rules from CMS and ONC.

As pilot tests move into production, healthcare organizations should rally around a use case and understand who needs to be involved to reduce redundancies and costs, says HIMSS Director of Informatics Mari Greenberger.

Veteran healthcare leader and Health Innovation Strategies CEO Naomi Fried says pharma companies that can leverage clinical-grade apps, virtual care and medication adherence to better support patients will win in the long term.

Karen DeSalvo, former national coordinator and professor at Dell Medical School, says there are too many patient portals, so the trend now is to put all of a patient's data in one place so they can access it via smartphone.

Conferences such as HIMSS' annual global event and its Health 2.0 VentureConnect offer a valuable place to network and learn, says Jim Horowitz, manager at Beresford Ventures.

There is much value in having disparate health data – clinical, financial, biometric, genomic, social determinant and more – aggregated in one accessible place, says Kristen Valdes, founder and CEO of b.well Connected 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.

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.

BeCare Link CEO Alan Gilbert says the digital therapeutic company is using artificial intelligence to predict disease progression for multiple sclerosis patients – helping improve care, lower costs and decrease hospitalizations.