Population Health

Kotona At Home is a remote delivery care treatment center whose goal is to give people the means to live at home longer.

The Big C. is a platform to connect a community that offers leadership and skill training, while transforming the patient journey, says founder Stefanie Veraghtert.

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.

Health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, however, says the industry still has miles to go before public policies align with social determinants of health.

Pediatric care and emergency departments face unique challenges to innovation and patient engagement, including social determinants and fragmented care, says Mohsen Saidinejad, director of patient experience at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center.

Stressing the importance of app validation, Dr. Jack Resneck, Jr., chair of the board of trustees at the American Medical Association, says technology can either improve or reinforce disparities around outcomes in healthcare.

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.

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.