A Real Healthcare Reform: Data

As the vote in the Senate to repeal the healthcare reform law failed today, Silicon Valley played host to a discussion on real innovation for our healthcare system, the powerful potential of data to radically change the way healthcare is delivered.

Data can save lives. Whether it is the wholesale redesign of primary care delivery envisioned and implemented by experts such as Tenzing Health's Carol McCall or using simple tracking mechanisms on asthma inhalers in the field by patients guided by Asthmapolis' David Van Sickle, these incremental, data driven approaches could revolutionize treatment for those suffering from chronic illness.