The Importance Of Interoperability To Population Health Subject Of Discussion At HIMSS15

Health IT Outcomes was at HIMSS15 in Chicago broadcasting live from the show floor and recording podcasts with key exhibitors. Health IT Voices hosts Todd Schnick and Kelly Riggs spoke with many of healthcare's most influential leaders in order to keep you current on the latest technology and people driving health IT.

In this podcast, Dr. Tom Van Gilder, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Informatics and Analytics with Transcend Insights, lays out the company’s ultimate goal within the health care IT industry and population health market as well as how it is approaching population health differently than some of the other vendors. Van Gilder also discusses how important interoperability is to Transcend Insights' population health model, how Transcend Insights delivers this data interoperability to care teams and patients, and provides examples of ways he’s seen effective population health and data analytics initiatives lower costs and improve patient outcomes. Van Gilder also shares how care teams should start down the path to population health management and enhance the tool to drive continuous improvements.

You can listen to all of our 40 Health IT Voices podcasts and check out our complete coverage of HIMSS15 here.