Due to Healthjump's remarkable growth, we are growing our team! We only hire people we believe will make a difference and contribute to our shared vision, and we’re proud to announce our newest hires. We know we'll do great things together and we wanted to introduce you to their backgrounds and why they wanted to join.
Laura Stewart, Director of Product Delivery
Laura will lead the scaling of our delivery organization. A healthcare technology veteran, Laura spent 12 years in various leadership roles at Cerner.
She was most recently responsible for the Data & Engineering services business owning the data migration and custom services professional services overseeing go-to-market strategy and delivery operations growing the business $40M in annual U.S. sales.
“I am thrilled to be joining Healthjump at a pivotal time. Data is the key to moving the needle and enabling providers and operations to make critical decisions. Healthjump’s technology is exciting and innovative allowing for immediate data delivery reducing timelines and cost associated with EHR data migration and product integrations.”
When she's not working, she enjoys home renovation, car restoration, and knitting.
In her role as a Customer Success Manager for our Product Delivery team, Amanda is responsible for onboarding and supporting new customers. Originally from Louisville, KY, Amanda graduated from Union College.
With her nine years in healthcare, she’s become a self-taught medical intelligence expert. Her mission is to solve clients overarching data challenges through utilizing the Healthjump platform.
“I am delighted to join the Healthjump team during such a critical time in the healthcare data interoperability space. The technology is impactful, and I am looking forward to working collaboratively to ensure our clients maximize what we have to offer.“
She enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with her family and friends. She loves going on adventures with her husband, Brad and their pup, Roma.
With his deep understanding of healthcare business and clinical challenges, he will lead our team in crafting a consultative process to create the best sales experience for our customers.
In his previous roles at healthcare software companies, Ken led teams offering solutions around streamlining communication and data amongst patients and caregivers, creating a complete patient record ultimately improving outcomes.
“Healthjump is the only company with such a compelling solution for healthcare entities struggling to share patient information. I look forward to building the sales team that will enable us to expand our customer base and positively impact the lives of patients."
Ken can often be found on the golf course, rowing on the Schuylkill, checking the temperature inside his meat smoker, or walking his foster dogs.
Concetta graduated from Carlow University with a degree focused in Business Management and Human Resource Management and Technology. She has a strong background in documentation and compliance in the HR field. We are excited for Concetta to improve the experience of our Healthjump employees.
Concetta will be responsible for running the daily operations of the Human Resources department, while providing an employee-oriented, high-performance culture. She will also ensure that the company is compliant with all state and federal regulations.
"The work we do here and the great people we have within the organization made me excited to join Healthjump. I am really looking forward to getting to know my fellow employees better and being of assistance to them.”
Concetta enjoys spending time with her son Damiano, working out, and traveling.
Emily graduated from York College of Pennsylvania with a degree in Accounting and a minor in International Management. She is responsible for payroll, general accounting, and administration of our business management software.
Emily is vigilant to create more security measures within the accounting department that align with Sarbanes-Oxley and streamline communications with other departments.
“I joined Healthjump because we have a well-organized team of professionals that are committed to delivering access to medical data nationwide. I am looking forward to getting to know everyone and working with the teams to become an asset to Healthjump’s success.”
Emily is currently training for her first marathon and enjoys sewing historical clothing.
If you're interested in joining our team, view our careers page.
Spotlight on AnalyticsIQ: Privacy Leadership in State De-Identification
AnalyticsIQ, a marketing data and analytics company, recently adopted Datavant’s state de-identification process to enhance the privacy of its SDOH datasets. By undergoing this privacy analysis prior to linking its data with other datasets, AnalyticsIQ has taken an extra step that could contribute to a more efficient Expert Determination (which is required when its data is linked with others in Datavant’s ecosystem).
AnalyticsIQ’s decision to adopt state de-identification standards underscores the importance of privacy in the data ecosystem. By addressing privacy challenges head-on, AnalyticsIQ and similar partners are poised to lead clinical research forward, providing datasets that are not only compliant with privacy requirements, but also ready for seamless integration into larger datasets.
"Stakeholders across the industry are seeking swift, secure access to high-quality, privacy-compliant SDOH data to drive efficiencies and improve patient outcomes,” says Christine Lee, head of health strategy and partnerships at AnalyticsIQ.
“By collaborating with Datavant to proactively perform state de-identification and Expert Determination on our consumer dataset, we help minimize potentially time-consuming steps upfront and enable partners to leverage actionable insights when they need them most. This approach underscores our commitment to supporting healthcare innovation while upholding the highest standards of privacy and compliance."
Building Trust in Privacy-Preserving Data Ecosystems
As the regulatory landscape continues to evolve, Datavant’s state de-identification product offers an innovative tool for privacy officers and data custodians alike. By addressing both state-specific and HIPAA requirements, companies can stay ahead of regulatory demands and build trust across data partners and end-users. For life sciences organizations, this can lead to faster, more reliable access to the datasets they need to drive research and innovation while supporting high privacy standards.
As life sciences companies increasingly rely on SDOH data to drive insights, the need for privacy-preserving solutions grows. Data ecosystems like Datavant’s, which link real-world datasets while safeguarding privacy, are critical to driving innovation in healthcare. By integrating state de-identified SDOH data, life sciences can gain a more comprehensive view of patient populations, uncover social factors that impact health outcomes, and ultimately guide clinical research that improves health.
The Power of SDOH Data with Providers and Payers to Close Gaps in Care
Both payers and providers are increasingly utilizing SDOH data to enhance care delivery and improve health equity. By incorporating SDOH data into their strategies, both groups aim to deliver more personalized care, address disparities, and better understand the social factors affecting patient outcomes.
Tailored Member Programs: Payers develop specialized initiatives like nutrition delivery services and transportation to and from medical appointments.
Identifying Care Gaps: SDOH data helps payers identify gaps in care for underserved communities, enabling strategic in-home assessments and interventions.
Future Risk Adjustment Models: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to incorporate SDOH-related Z codes into risk adjustment models, recognizing the significance of SDOH data in assessing healthcare needs.
Payers’ consideration of SDOH underscores their commitment to improving health equity, delivering targeted care, and addressing disparities for vulnerable populations.
Example: CDPHP supports physical and mental wellbeing with non-medical assistance
By integrating SDOH data, CDPHP enhanced their services to deliver comprehensive care for its Medicare Advantage members.
Providers Optimize Value-Based Care Using SDOH Data
Value-based care organizations face challenges in fully understanding their patient panels. SDOH data significantly assists providers to address these challenges and improve patient care. Here are some examples of how:
Onboard Patients Into Care Programs: Providers use SDOH data to identify patients who require additional support and connect them with appropriate resources.
Stratify Patients by Risk: SDOH data combined with clinical information identifies high-risk patients, enabling targeted interventions and resource allocation.
Manage Transition of Care: SDOH data informs post-discharge plans, considering social factors to support smoother transitions and reduce readmissions.
By leveraging SDOH data, providers gain a more comprehensive understanding of their patient population, leading to more targeted and personalized care interventions.
While accessing SDOH data offers significant advantages, challenges can arise from:
Lack of Interoperability and Uniformity: Data exists in fragmented sources like electronic health records (EHRs), public health databases, social service systems, and proprietary databases. Integrating and securing data while ensuring data integrity and confidentiality can be complex, resource-intensive and risky.
Lag in Payer Claims Data: Payers can take weeks or months to release claims data. This delays informed decision-making, care improvement, analysis, and performance evaluation.
Incomplete Data Sets in Health Information Exchanges (HIEs): Not all healthcare providers or organizations participate in HIEs. This reduces the available data pool. Moreover, varying data sharing policies result in data gaps or inconsistencies.
SDOH data holds immense potential in transforming healthcare and addressing health disparities.
With Datavant, healthcare organizations are securely accessing SDOH data, and further enhancing the efficiency of their datasets through state de-identification capabilities - empowering stakeholders across the industry to make data-driven decisions that drive care forward.
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