Putting the Patient at the Center of the Digital Universe
David Blumenthal, MD, MPPPresident, The Commonwealth Fund
2016 Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit Boston, MANovember 2, 2016
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Agenda• Next great challenge in digital health.• What stands in the way?• A path forward.• What next?
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Empowering consumer choice and self-care
The Challenge
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Information
Data StewardsAnalytics
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Clinical data from EHRsInformation
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Financial data from payersInformation
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Scientific information from the medical literatureInformation
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Consumer-supplied data from self monitoringInformation
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Contextual dataInformation
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Quality dataInformation
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Analytics
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Analytics
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Trusted Data Stewards
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What Stands in the Way?
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Health Information Exchange is a Team Sport
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Market Competition is Not a Team Sport
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Competition Between Health Systems
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The Blue Button
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Analytics: Seriously Neglected Up Until Now
23Not Where The Money Is
24Real Target
25Health Care Costs are Concentrated in Sick Few
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality analysis of 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; MEPS Statistical Brief 480.
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Population Share of Health Spending
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What These Patients WantEMOTIONAL
NEEDS
PERSONALNEEDS
Source: http://www.sagehealthadvisor.com/
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS
MEDICALNEEDS
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Advice Tracking
Communication
Functions Potentially Supported by Digital Health
Source: http://www.sagehealthadvisor.com/
Coordination
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The Path Forward
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Consumer Directed Exchange
Consumer
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The Blue Button
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What’s Next?
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Question and Answer
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