The 2018 annual Minnesota e-Health Summit delivered quality education about emerging national and state e-Health initiatives. The Summit provided national, state and local perspectives and stories with practical applications for healthcare delivery organizations. In addition to hearing from internationally recognized e-Health leaders, attendees discussed policy issues, learned about the progress of innovative projects underway in Minnesota, and received progress reports that highlight statewide activities. Moreover, the event provided education to advance e-health, improve health information interoperability, implement health information exchange, as well as build connections for healthier communities.

The event was headlined by outstanding keynotes, Dr. Umair Shah, who hit home the importance of leveraging e-health in applying innovation, engagement, & equity for healthier communities; and Liz Salmi, who called on all Minnesota health systems to open clinical notes to all patients. The remainder of the event program consisted of 16 concurrent break-out sessions. Our top themes and impressions from the conference are captured below.

OpenNotes

“The patient must have a copy of his own record. He must be involved with organizing and recording the variables so that the course of his own data on disease and treatment will slowly reveal to him what the best care for him should be.” #mnehealthsummit #opennotes panel pic.twitter.com/u9tZkNMWcN

— Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) June 14, 2018

#OpenNotes enable #HealthcareTransparency and increase trust in patient provider relationship; 23MM have access (only 6% of US pop) #mnehealthsummit https://t.co/WeqdmAgqZ7

— Galen Healthcare (@GalenHealthcare) June 14, 2018

Fascinating and inspiring journey from @TheLizArmy. Chose Kaiser Permanente in’05, diagnosed with tumor in ‘08, employer change for husband and requested 850 pg #MedicalRecord for $45. Most challenging of event for her to get her record to follow her. #mnehealthsummit pic.twitter.com/BxGbtCrpsu

— Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) June 14, 2018

Analytics

#ACO attribution difficult, @LakewoodHealth uses #PCP as part of analytics solution using @LightbeamHealth. Panel adjustments based on visit pattern and factoring risk – brought to PCPs and adjusted attribution. >300 patients reassigned for #VBC #mnehealthsummit pic.twitter.com/efRXuCQZEd

— Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) June 14, 2018

Health Information Exchange

>250 provider facilities connecting to health information organizations (#HIO) within the state of Minnesota as of Jan. '18; 4 HIOs within state including @KobleGroup https://t.co/m5eZC7rp5E #mnehealthsummit #HIE

— Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) June 14, 2018

In MN, # of #HCO connected to #HIO: 171 #Clinics (13%), 29 #Hospitals (20%), 18 Mental Health, and 38 #PublicHealth or #HumanServices (40%) #mnehealthsummit #HIE #PutData2Work

— Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) June 14, 2018

Public Health

When you provide value, you increase visibility and mitigate #invisibilitycrisis of #publichealth @ushahmd @hcphtx #mnehealthsummit #HIE #PutData2Work #PopHealthIT pic.twitter.com/1EsDoAAE5H

— Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) June 14, 2018

Innovation, engagement, and equity formula foundational to #publichealth via @ushahmd, @hcphtx #mnehealthsummit pic.twitter.com/0IkOz9xqRD

— Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) June 14, 2018

#InvisibilityCrisis in #PublicHealth. Unless we get to point of understanding value proposition of #PopHealthIT, will lack necessary investment. #publichealth is offensive lineman of healthcare, and drowned out by #healthsystem – @ushahmd at #MNeHealthSummit pic.twitter.com/sNwiG6Wjhh

— Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) June 14, 2018

In summary, the event advanced discussions around the adoption of health information exchange within the state of Minnesota to advance interoperability, improve public health, facilitate care coordination, and improve patient outcomes. It was refreshing and inspiring to hear the perspective of a patient facing a chronic condition and their challenges in navigating healthcare, and how that can be vastly improved with increased transparency. It was also invaluable to learn of the advanced analytics occurring at healthcare delivery organizations to identify patients at risk and design interventions to improve care.

Many thanks to the conference organizers for their tireless work in making the event a success, and to the sponsors who made the collaboration possible.