[JEFF DUMCUM] Health plans can sit on top of a lot of data.
We can harness that data to give insights,
but we need to share them with the clinician.
Digital integration is our path to take those insights
we have as Optum and give them to the provider at the time
when they're sitting down across from a patient.
My name is Jeff Dumcum.
I work in Optum Insights Risk and Quality product division.
When it comes to digital integration,
Optum is unique in its scale and comprehensive approach.
Optum has strengths in various areas.
Optum is very strong at driving clinical insights,
more connectivity with different EMRs
than anybody else in the market.
So not only do we have more insights,
we can get those insights into the hands of the providers
because our health system is fragmented.
So, something that may have been treated by another provider,
they may not be aware of,
and the ability for us to share that is number one.
The second thing is, after they've seen the patient,
we want to get clinical information back,
and we want that to be as smooth and as efficient as possible,
so we're not wasting a provider's time on
administrative activities.
And lastly, as we present the gaps,
some gaps are best managed by a primary care physician
and others are best routed to the specialist,
so we can create logic of right information
to the right provider.
I'm excited because I can see the future
as those insights move beyond
risk adjustment and quality into other aspects of care,
that we will continue to have a very significant impact
on the health care system.