In Conversation: Lisa Davis
EVP & CIO, Blue Shield of California - on moving an insurer's core operations to cloud infrastructure with Microsoft and Salesforce
Among the leaders shaping how care and technology converge is Lisa Davis, EVP & CIO, Blue Shield of California. In a wide-ranging conversation conducted by HealthLeaders, Lisa laid out a view of the industry that is both candid and immediately useful to the executives, clinicians, and builders who read HealthTech Cube.
The conversation
Moving an insurer's core operations to cloud infrastructure with Microsoft and Salesforce - and how real-time data powers its Care Connect platform to close care gaps.
“The cloud can bring the healthcare sector into the digital age.”
- Lisa Davis, in conversation with HealthLeaders
Conversation highlights
Moving an insurer's core operations to cloud infrastructure with Microsoft and Salesforce
And how real-time data powers its Care Connect platform to close care gaps
The bigger picture
The data-infrastructure backdrop makes this conversation timely: TEFCA crossed one billion exchanged health records this summer, up from 10 million in under a year (our coverage), while KLAS reports EHR purchasing fell 40% as capital shifts from record systems to the AI and analytics layered on top of them. Interoperability is no longer the constraint - deciding what to do with flowing data is.
It is a conversation that rewards close reading by anyone building or buying in this market. At Blue Shield of California, that thinking translates into daily decisions about where technology genuinely earns its place in care delivery, and where discipline matters more than novelty.
The HTC take
It is a perspective we expect to age well, and one that connects directly to the trends HealthTech Cube tracks across all eight of our coverage categories.