Health Information Crossroad: An Opportunity to Deliver Real Measurable Outcomes for Better Health and Well Being

Abstract

There is so much data and information in health care, but has and will it be used to truly change outcomes, cost and quality? As the focus changes to population and individual health, even more data will be needed to ensure that personalization supplants a one-size-fits-all model. Those entities that crack the code of using data for true insights and game-changing actions will reap benefits while others may fail. It is an amazing time for personal technology that can and will be used more in the future for improving individual health. The industry must undo so much in the way of process and care models now that fee-for-service is disappearing as a payment standard. This is requiring new leadership, thinking and direction unprecedented in this slow-to-change environment. As new entrants join the effort and push those who are entrenched in the past, progress is accelerating. Data and information need to play an actionable, economic and real role in changing for the better. There are more exciting examples of the new way to do it right. The future is bright and the journey is difficult. Embracing it means investing energy and courage in considerable quantities.