Cross-Sector Data Sharing: The Key to Timely Opioid Crisis Response and Prevention

HIMSS’ final ask of state/local/provincial governments is for states to continue to supercharge their community-based health IT infrastructure by creating and utilizing integrated, community-based data hubs (or open-data portals) with real-time dashboards and shared analytics to combat the opioid epidemic. The use of these platforms supports deeper collaboration across state agencies, local health departments, hospitals, emergency responders, law enforcement and behavioral health agencies.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how states/territories/provinces can inform policy decisions; increase accountability and drive coordination across the spectrum of care; and drive community-based interventions using shared open data platforms.
Discuss how cross-sector data platforms may help jurisdictions address underlying social determinants, strengthen public health surveillance, and create linkages to behavioral health support services.

Allen Tien

Chief Medical Officer; President
BH-Works, Inc; Medical Decision Logic, Inc

Bio info: Allen has spent his entire career dedicated to advancing healthcare and has over 30 years experience as a clinical...

Allen has spent his entire career dedicated to advancing healthcare and has over 30 years experience as a clinical and research psychiatrist. In 1997, he founded mdlogix to develop and deliver tools that combine science and practice, helping improve patient outcomes and organizational processes throughout the healthcare ecosystem.

Allen has contributed significantly to developments in the field of health science informatics, including innovations in clinical research, team workflow automation, and behavioral health screening and symptom burden tracking. As Chief Science Officer at mdlogix, Allen has overseen the development of numerous enterprise-level software products that address the data collection and workflow integration needs of diverse organizations across the U.S. and abroad.

Allen earned his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and a Master of Health Science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Tod Fetherling

CEO
Perception Health

Bio info: J. Tod Fetherling serves as the CEO of Perception Health. Perception Health has created three products to help...

J. Tod Fetherling serves as the CEO of Perception Health. Perception Health has created three products to help hospitals drive more revenue, align physicians, and reduce risks: TEAM shows hospital leakage and care networks; CODE is a comprehensive medical coding crosswalk to encourage Semantic Interoperability; CARE includes disease predictions, physician scoring, and Care Pathway optimizations.
Fetherling’s career has been a series of “Firsts” in various industry segments. He built one of the first public health portals at HCA, created the first home health use rates, directed the first live surgery and first live birth on the Internet, first K-12 Health Curriculum online, and now he is bringing the first cloud-based care network system to life.

Seth Foldy

Bio info: Seth Foldy, MD MPH is Director of Epidemiology, Preparedness and Informatics at Denver Public Health. He previously...

Seth Foldy, MD MPH is Director of Epidemiology, Preparedness and Informatics at Denver Public Health. He previously served as Milwaukee Health Commissioner, Wisconsin State Health Officer, and senior advisor to CDC on health informatics. Dr. Foldy is board certified in Family and Preventive Medicine and Clinical Informatics. Denver Public Health is utilizing multiple data streams to characterize the size, characteristics, health care contacts and outcomes of populations affected by substance use.