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Focus on delivering value — Most importantly, organizations must be committed to helping their participants put this health data to work. The vast network of health data has no value if providers can’t extract signal from the noise. In large systems, that means securely delivering raw feeds of health data to connect directly into existing EHR, notification, and population health management systems. In small practices, that means delivering easy-to-use real-time hospitalization notifications with just the details providers need to act and a suite of free analytics tools to help with simple population health and risk modeling searches.
These three “secrets” are modern, common-sense tactics that will help all of us realize the real potential of health data — to improve care, enhance health, and lower costs. When one of our participants comes to us saying they’ve been able to dramatically reduce the year-over-year health spend for their riskiest patients, that’s what matters.
About the author: Claudia Williams is CEO of Manifest MedEx, California’s nonprofit health data network. Manifest MedEx delivers real-time data from 11 million claims records and 5 million clinical records through a network of 400+ healthcare organizations. Prior to leading this organization, she held health technology leadership roles in the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Markle Foundation. She can be found on Twitter at @ClaudiaWilliams.
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