Transforming Healthcare with Unified Data: Empowering Informed Decisions (Full Transcript)

Speaker 1: So healthcare is all about people. Each person is someone's child, their parent, their grandparent, each with their own unique needs. How do we ensure each of them get the best care possible? Whether you're trying to take on risk, manage Medicare or Medicaid, or work with employers to get to a healthier community, it all starts with data. And we as people produce vast amounts of data. Each part of our life is becoming much more digital. To understand a person, you have to understand what's happening in their life, not just inside the four walls. The challenge is, how do we bring all that data together and make it meaningful? Today, a person's data exists in many formats, in many different data types, and is scattered across the entire community, creating a very fragmented view of each person's health profile. We need to break down these silos, connect that data from across the community, and bring it together. But beyond aggregation, we need to be able to organize that data into a consistent language, synthesize that data to create a longitudinal view around each of the persons, and make it actionable intelligent by applying the best available knowledge and intelligence to it. By providing vital, actionable information face-up, clinicians and organizations are empowered to make much more informed decisions, both at the individual and at the population level. And consumers, and their support networks, can better manage their health. The end goal being to push the right information to the right person at the right time. So whether you're a small institution just beginning your journey, or a statewide health system, CERN is helping organizations do this at scale today. One system has integrated 39 disparate sources to create a single unified platform. Another has used this data to power a readmission algorithm, which reduced all-cause readmissions by 45%. Imagine doing this for your population. Now is the time to start by laying a foundation with a unified, adaptable platform to manage both today and tomorrow. This will help the parents, the grandparents, the friends of your community be healthier, happier, and more productive in managing their own care.