Health Transformation

Welcome to Capgemini’s health blog ‘Transforming Health’. Our objective is to create a place where we can host a collaborative dialog on subjects related to the transformation of how individuals receive care, how the care is paid for, and how the exchange of information will propel the industry to make broad changes…changes that are needed to deal with the wellness and care cost of aging populations and populations that face more chronic illnesses.

Below we have identified some discussion topics that we anticipate covering in this blog, but we would like to start the dialog by exploring the topics that have the greatest interest to you – our customers and our friends in the industry.

So, what do you think of these idea? Where would you like to start the dialog?

1. Will “health information infrastructure” (EHR/EMR/PHR/HIE) improve the wellness of the population?


2. Shouldn’t individuals/patients have a say in their privacy risk management (e.g., “if sharing means I might get better, let’s make it happen”)?


3. Many say that providers gain no value from the use of health information infrastructure yet they must enter all the data for the benefit of others. Are there really opportunities for these providers?


4. How will care services delivered over the health information infrastructure be transacted for reimbursement? How will services be monitored?


5. What is the role of health information infrastructures in supporting the transactions of “payment for results”?


6. Beyond the “spin”, have we really learned how to implement a successful “health information infrastructure”?


7. What do you think about growing investment in creating clinics within retail shops (e.g., CVS, Boots, Walgreens, WalMart)? Better care for patient? More effective access to care? Better value?


8. Affordability of care is directly related to the costs that care providers are facing and ultimately their financial stability. Numerous hospitals are running in deficit. What are some of the important changes hospitals can make to improve their financial position? Success stories?


9. What options, like “pay for performance” do governments have to curb the increase in healthcare costs? How do payers and providers react to changes in these regulations? How does it empower patients?


10. How can multidisciplinary care for the chronically ill be streamlined, taking into account the possibilities and preferences of the patient? How can a social non-professional network be established to support this care?


11. Preventing illness is the best way to cut health care costs. However, some prevention solutions lead to a steep increase in diagnostic procedures and even an increase in possibly unnecessary surgical procedures? Do we need different players in the field to approach prevention from a behavioral rather than medical angle?

Now its your turn. We want and need to hear your points of view and stories of success. There are two starting points for the dialog.

First, our intial entry provides a different perspective on semantic interoperability. What are your views?

Second, the topic list above is a starting point, but we need to know the topics YOU would like (us) to cover.