No Common Language = No Data Sharing

After attending the session, Population Health Management For The Complex Consumer Market: How To Utilize Data To Coordinate Services Across The Care Continuum at the 2020 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute, I was reminded of the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel. In the story, the result was the wide array of human languages across the globe.

The session, featuring Cathy Lipton, M.D., National Medical Director, Institutional Programs at Optum; Dianne Shaffer, Director of Systems Development at Integrated Services of Kalamazoo; and Sarah Green, Senior Integrated Health Care Specialist of Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health, reminded the audience of . . .